C4A Live Episode 2: Dr. Kevin Gutzman
Dr. Kevin Gutzman, historian and Compact for America Educational Foundation Board member, explains what the founders would have thought about a federal Balanced Budget Amendment and the Compact for a Balanced Budget. KEVIN R.C. GUTZMAN, JD, PhD Chairman & Professor of History – Western Connecticut State University Kevin R. C. Gutzman is the New York Times best-selling author of four books on American history and the Constitution. Professor and Chairman of the Department of Hi
NPR Covers Compact for America!
And gives us a fair shake. Check out the most fair and balanced interview by a National Public Radio Host on the issue of a Balanced Budget Amendment ever! It is a short interview of CFAEF President Nick Dranias focusing by Steve Goldstein on KJZZ "Here and Now." Dare we say that the fate of Greece is cutting through partisan divides and changing the discussion for thinking people across the spectrum? #articleveducation #compactforamericacoreprinciples #nonpartisanbalancedbud
C4A Live Episode 1: Dr. Tom Patterson
Dr. Tom Patterson-Compact for America Board Chairman-explains why the states must unite behind the Compact for a Balanced Budget before it is too late. THOMAS C. PATTERSON, MD Past Chairman – Goldwater Institute Dr. Patterson is the Chairman of the Board. He is also a retired emergency room physician who led a 60+ physician practice serving emergency departments in the greater Phoenix area. It was during this time that he served as the President of the Arizona Chapter of the
SHR Media Interviews Jeff Utsch at Freedom Fest (Part 2 of 2)
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SHR Media Talk Radio Interviews Nick Dranias at FreedomFest (Part 1 of 2)
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Wargaming the Compact's Safeguards
Get ready for some serious legalese. But if you follow the reasoning, you will be impressed with the extent of wargaming that has been invested in the safeguards of the Compact for America approach to Article V.
1) Because the Compact has no substantive effect until 38 states join it, the formation of the Compact does not cause a cognizable injury needed for standing to sue by Congress or non-member states until such time as a super-supermajority of states stand behind its
Compact for America at the Cato Institute!
Watch Compact for America Educational Foundation President & Executive Director Nick Dranias, Council of Scholars Member Ilya Shapiro, and ARI scholar Onkar Ghate explain how to fix the national debt problem! #articleveducation #compactforamericacoreprinciples
Living Wealthy Radio Covers the Compact for America Initiative!
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Don't Be This Guy
Neither Compact for America nor any other serious Article V effort is seeking to organize a “constitutional convention” such as the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, or as is found in many state constitutions. No authority for a “constitutional convention,” which has the inherent power to form entirely new governments and constitutions, exists anywhere in the United States Constitution. The Constitution only provides for two kinds of conventions—a convention for proposing amen
Scalia Supports a Limited Article V Convention
The usual suspects who are opposed to organizing an Article V convention claim Justice Antonin Scalia supports their position. Like so many of the claims underpinning their opposition to an Article V convention, this claim is not true. Justice Scalia is very clearly on record as supporting an Article V convention limited to a specific issue or amendment. He only opposes a wide open Article V convention. Here is the proof: a partial transcript from the American Enterprise Inst
