About Our Constitution, a Series Article 22 – Article of Amendment XVI By David Robert Wood November 15, 2011 Article of Amendment XVI reads as follows: Article of Amendment XVI The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 16 –Article of Amendment XI By David Robert Wood August 15, 2011 Article of Amendment XI reads as follows: Article of Amendment XI The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 15 – Introduction to Articles of Amendment and Articles of Amendment I to X By David Robert Wood August 1, 2011 Introduction to Articles of Amendment An Amendment to the Constitution may be officially “proposed” in one of two manners. First, and as used for all Amendments proposed so [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 14 – Errors in Wording of the States’ Ratifications of Amendments By David Robert Wood July 15, 2011 Until 1913, it appears that there was virtually no review and scrutiny of the adequacy and correctness of individual State ratifying actions by the U.S. Secretary of State as the Amendment [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 13 – Errors in State Ratification Dates By David Robert Wood July 1, 2011 A State’s definitive ratification of an Amendment proposed to the U.S. Constitution is on the specific date of passage by the State Legislature or State “Convention.” For bicameral Legislatures, the date of ratification is the passage [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 12 – Administration of the Ratification Process, Part 3 By David Robert Wood June 15, 2011 This is the third and last of the discussions on the ratification administrative process. In the preceding two articles, Parts 1 and 2, were discussed the basics of the administrative process, the history [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 11 – Administration of the Ratification Process, Part 2 By David Robert Wood June 1, 2011 In the preceding article, Part 1, commenced the discussion on the ratification administrative process, which begins upon the proposal of a constitutional Amendment by Congress. This included the history of the Amendment Administrators [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 6 – Proposal of Amendments, Part 2 By David Robert Wood March 15, 2011 In the preceding article, the general constitutional amendment process, as exclusively stated in Article V of the Constitution, was discussed, which included a discussion on limitations of the Amendment Power. Also discussed were the two proposal [...]