What’s the Best Way to Restore Constitutional Government?

Should we amend the Constitution to “correct” our officials’ failure to honor it? Earlier this month, Texas governor Greg Abbott generated national attention when he urged the Texas Legislature to formally call for a “convention of states” pursuant to Article V of the U.S. Constitution, for the purpose of considering nine constitutional amendments, in order to rein in the overreaching federal government and restore the proper balance of power between the states and the federal government. Abbott’s proposal echoes the Constitutional Convention advocated by radio talk-show host Mark Levin in his bestselling book The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic (2013).

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