Tag: Constitutional Convention

American Minute with Bill Federer John Langdon was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1741 and grew up as a member of the North Congregational...

American Minute with Bill Federer The Constitutional Convention was in a deadlock over how large and small states could be represented equally. Some delegates left. Then, on...

Liberty Letters, Benjamin Franklin In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this...

BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY Did you ever wonder why unsuccessful candidates merely “suspend” their campaigns after losing a key primary, instead of terminating them? Surely all...

FOUNDERS CORNER LIBRARY: MAJOR WORKS James Madison's Notes: Federal Convention of 1787 May 14, 25, 1787   Monday May 14th 1787 was the day fixed for the meeting...

The Debates In The Several State Conventions On The Adoption Of The Federal Constitution, by Jonathan Elliot In Convention at Boston, Massachusetts, Jan. 19, 1788 SATURDAY,...

American Minute with Bill Federer The Constitutional Convention was in a deadlock over how large and small states could be represented equally. Some delegates left. Then, on...

FOUNDERS CORNER: MAJOR WORKS June 14, 1788 The Judiciary Department WE PROCEED now to an examination of the judiciary department of the proposed government. In unfolding the defects...

American Minute with Bill Federer He was the only person to sign all four of America's founding documents: Articles of Association-1774, Declaration of Independence-1776, Articles of Confederation-1777, U.S. Constitution-1787. Who...

BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY Dissatisfied with ignoring the Constitution through judicial supremacy and executive overreach, liberals in Congress now want to repeal its essential provisions, starting...

Amending the First Amendment HANS A. VON SPAKOVSKY AND ELIZABETH SLATTERY, HERITAGE FOUNDATION Abstract Frustrated with the Supreme Court’s consistent defense of political speech protected by the...

BY PHYLISS SCHLAFLY It looks like all sorts of people are joining the game of rewriting parts of the U.S. Constitution. It started with state...

We need your help. HM 381 is a bill to call for a Constitutional Convention of the States (Con Con). Please Contact the Florida...

LIBERTY ALERTS, EAGLE FORUM This Saturday is not just about pausing to remember the stealth bombing of Pearl Harbor and the brave individuals whose lives...

BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Several men who present themselves as constitutional authorities have posted articles on the internet calling for a new national convention to introduce...

BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Have you ever attended a Republican or a Democratic National Convention? If so, you've seen the bedlam, the emotion of conflicts on...

BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Some prominent Americans have been talking on television recently about the possibility of calling a national convention to propose amendments to the...

BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Out of exasperation with the flouting of the Constitution by Barack Obama, and the way Congress is letting them get by with...

BY STEVE FARRELL As the delegates filtered in the week and a half prior to the start of the Constitutional Convention in May of 1787,...

LIBERTY ALERTS, JBS FREEDOM CAMPAIGN Ever since the early 1980s when 32 out of the necessary 34 states (two-thirds) had petitioned Congress to call a...

LIBERTY ALERTS, CHOOSE FREEDOM, STOP A CON-CON Last week's posting of "How the Compact for America Threatens the Constitution" kicked off the next phase of...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Alexander Hamilton: The Works of Alexander Hamilton, Volume 1, 1774: Address of the Annapolis Convention, 1786 To the Honorable the Legislatures...

Called Unto Liberty, 20th Century Sermons, N. Eldon Tanner Great and influential men have always prayed for divine guidance. Even this great nation was founded...

The Moral Liberal, Classics Library Alexander Hamilton: The Works of Alexander Hamilton, Volume 1, 1774 Speeches and Resolutions in Congress: Resolutions for a General Convention June 30,...

Thomas Jefferson Leadership The confederation of the States, while on the carpet before the old Congress, was strenuously opposed by the smaller States, under apprehensions...

Concluding Remarks: Evils under Confederation Exaggerated; Constitution must Be Drastically Revised Before Adoption Melancthon Smith By Melancthon Smith (a "Plebeian"). . . . . It is agreed,...

On the Lack of a Bill of Rights Brutus By "Brutus." When a building is to be erected which is intended to stand for ages, the foundation...

The Federal Judiciary and the Issue of Trial by Jury Luther Martin By Luther Martin of Maryland. . . . . in all those cases, where the...

The Power of the Judiciary. (Part 3) Brutus, February 7th, 14th & 28th, 1788 Part 1: from the 12th essay by "Brutus" from the February...

An Antifederalist View of the Appointing Power under the Constitution Richard Henry Lee . . . . In contemplating the necessary officers of the union, there...