LEADER 03742oam 22005654a 450 001 9910969629003321 005 20170919031149.0 010 $a9780820348995 010 $a0820348996 035 $a(CKB)3710000000618673 035 $a(EBL)4454767 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001640490 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16399667 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001640490 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14958102 035 $a(PQKB)10852784 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4454767 035 $a(OCoLC)945566977 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse52966 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000618673 100 $a20150707d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConventional Wisdom$eThe Alternate Article V Mechanism for Proposing Amendments to the U.S. Constitution /$fJohn R. Vile 210 1$aAthens, Georgia :$cThe University of Georgia Press,$d[2016] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2016 210 4$dİ[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780820357850 311 08$a0820357855 311 08$a9780820349008 311 08$a0820349003 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index. 327 $aThe Constitutional Convention of 1787 and its origins -- The establishment of the amending provisions in Article V and the ratification provisions in Article VII -- The history of Constitutional Amendments in the United States -- The lae Eighteenth century and Nineteenth century provide a rival set of Convention precedents -- A survey of early commentary on Article V -- The modern debate over limiting conventions -- Using criteria and ideal types to think about the big picture -- The selection and likely characteristics of delegates -- Organizationaol and logistical issues related to Article V Conventions -- Different kinds of Conventions. 330 $a"Article V of the Constitution allows two-thirds majorities of both houses of Congress to propose amendments to the document and a three-fourths majority of the states to ratify them. Scholars and frustrated advocates of constitutional change have often criticized this process for being too difficult. Despite this, state legislatures have yet to use the other primary method that Article V outlines for proposing amendments: it permits two-thirds of the state legislatures to petition Congress to call a convention to propose amendments that, like those proposed by Congress, must be ratified by three-fourths of the states. In this book, John R. Vile surveys more than two centuries of scholarship on Article V and concludes that the weight of the evidence (including a much-overlooked Federalist essay) indicates that states and Congress have the legal right to limit the scope of such conventions to a single subject and that political considerations would make a runaway convention unlikely. Charting a prudent course between those who fail to differentiate revolutionary change from constitutional change, those who fear ever using the Article V convention mechanism that the Framers clearly envisioned, and those who would vest total control of the convention in Congress, the states, or the convention itself, Vile's work will enhance modern debates on the subject." -- Back cover. 606 $aConstitutional amendments$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstitutional amendments 676 $a342.7303/2 700 $aVile$b John R$01156619 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969629003321 996 $aConventional Wisdom$94372839 997 $aUNINA