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 10 – Administration of the Ratification Process, Part 1 By David Robert Wood May 15, 2011 Immediately following the Congressional proposal of an Amendment to the United States Constitution, the ratification administrative process begins. Undertaken by the Executive branch of the Federal Government (the “Amendment Administrator”), the administrative function [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 9 – Ratification of Constitutional Amendments, Part 3 By David Robert Wood May 1, 2011 This is the last of three parts that discuss the States’ ratification of Amendments proposed to the United States Constitution. In article 7, “Part 1” was an introduction to the ratification process as exclusively [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 8 – Ratification of Constitutional Amendments, Part 2 By David Robert Wood April 15, 2011 As discussed in article 7, a State Legislature’s power to ratify a proposed Amendment to the Constitution may not be restricted or otherwise inhibited by State Statutes or State Constitutions. However, this view on [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 7 – Ratification of Constitutional Amendments, Part 1 By David Robert Wood April 1, 2011 As previously discussed, the authority to amend the Constitution, and the basic amendment process, is specified in Article V of the Constitution. To date, Congress has only proposed thirty-three Amendments and twenty-seven of these [...]
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 [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 5 – Introduction to the Constitutional Amendment Processes and Proposal of Amendments, Part 1 By David Robert Wood March 1, 2011 The process for amending the U.S. Constitution is the sole subject of Article V of the Constitution, which Article has not been amended: The Congress, whenever two thirds [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 2 – About the United States Constitution By David Robert Wood January 15, 2011 Since its adoption, the United States Constitution has been, and continues to be, respected by many. British Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) famously remarked that “the American Constitution is, so far as I can [...]