The Article V convention movement has garnered incredible strength over the past few years. Most of this legislative ferment is attributable to the seminal work of one man. But what if that man were now working to extinguish his own handiwork? What if in an effort to mold inapplicable Supreme Court precedent into rules of the road for an Article V convention, that man fumbled a huge opportunity to vindicate the Founders’ intent from a clean slate? Sadly, that appears to be happening. A few days ago, an article appeared by former law professor Rob Natelson asserting that the Tenth Amendment does not “give” power to state legislatures under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. This declaration was at once inane and potentially misleading. It was inane because, of course, the Tenth Amendment does not “give” power to anything. It guarantees the preservation of the sovereign powers of the states (or the people) to the extent that they are not superseded...(Read Full Article)