Article V Resources

A More or Less Perfect Union: An overview of the Constitution produced by PBS

• Episode 1 (approximately 1 hour)

• Episode 2 (approximately 1 hour)

• Episode 3 (approximately 1 hour)

 

An Article V Primer (4 pages): Vickie Deppe, Managing Editor, State Legislators Article V Caucus Newsletter

 

Article V and the Amendment Process (3 pages): Khan Academy

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The Article V Information Center:  a Project of the Independence Institute moderated by Professor Rob Natelson

 

The Article V Library: A searchable database of Article V applications 

 

Article V of the Constitution (17 minutes): Khan Academy

 

Article V: The Amendment Process With Daniel Okrent (38 minutes): The National Constitution Center

 

The Constitution: A Nation of States (5 minutes): Kurt Lash, Professor of Law, University of Richmond

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Delegate Selection & Oversight Statutes

Please note: not all of these measures are currently in force, but still serve as useful model legislation.

• Alaska

• Arizona

• Arkansas

• Florida 

• Georgia  

• Indiana  

• Louisiana     

• Missouri

• New Hampshire (draft legislation)

• Nevada

• North Dakota (page 28)

• Oklahoma   

• South Dakota     

• Tennessee        

• Texas      

• Utah

• Wisconsin 

• Wyoming

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Founding-Era Conventions and the Meaning of the Constitution's "Convention for Proposing Amendments" (96 pages): Robert G. Natelson, Florida Law Review

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Legal Opinion and Scholarly Review (multiple documents): John Cogswell

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Making a Constitutional Convention Safe for Democracy: Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School

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The State Convention Mode of Ratification (9 minutes): David Biddulph, Co-Founder, Let Us Vote for a BBA Campaign

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