Electoral College Myth #1
Electoral College Myth #1: Only swing states matter. Other states are ignored. by Tara Ross, August 30, 2016 Myth: Most states are ignored by presidential campaigns because of the Electoral College. Only swing states matter. A direct election system would [...]
Is Mobocracy in Our Future?
Constitution Corner: Are we a democracy or a republic? By Mikie Kerr / March 30, 2019 Constitution Corner Share this story We are both a democracy and a republic in that a democracy is “Government by the people, [...]
Pennsylvania and Our Form of Government
By Dr. Andrew Hohns March 18, 2019 "....William Penn’s “Holy Experiment,” as Pennsylvania was called, provided its inhabitants certain inviolable rights through our Charter of Privileges–freedom of religion, liberty of consciousness, the election of our legislative representatives, and [...]
Creating Article V
By Tara Ross, May 26, 2015 The Constitutional Convention of 1787 met and wrote the language of Article V against this historical backdrop. Any provisions in the document that they wrote should be taken in this context. The [...]
Part 3: Why Do We Have Two Constitutions?
Where’s the evidence to the claim that the Constitution is not the problem? Just follow it! Just enforce it? There is a false authority claim, if we just followed and enforced it, America would be all right. Therefore, [...]
Part 2, We Don’t Know How Conventions Work
Anti-convention groups claim that since Article V does not explain how conventions work, we therefore don’t know and shouldn’t do what we don’t know how to do. Their false authority claims nobody knows how many delegates a state [...]