This blog post is the third and last of 3, explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating federal constitutional amendments from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is truly “

This blogpost is the first in a series of three explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating Constitutional amendments-from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is truly “Art

For decades now, Americans have allowed all the “conventional” fears to run the Article V-balanced budget amendment debate, but in many ways, these “conventional” fears were justified, because all previous Article V efforts did little to address people’s honest concerns, and the genuine fears they had surrounding the Article V issue. Thankfully, today, these conventional fears have been addressed with America’s Compact for a balanced budget. But, unfortunately, this doesn’t p

One of the foundational principles on which America’s Constitutional Republic would stand (or fall) upon involved the centralization of power. To prevent too high a concentration of power, our founders were very careful to create a proper balance of political power between our state and federal governments. The logic being, if our state legislatures got off track, Congress could rein them in with Constitutional amendments. Likewise, if our federal legislators couldn’t be trus