Lessons from Recent State Constitutional Conventions

Constitutional Lessons from Europe

All legal transplants are problematic, constitutional transplants especially so. And constitutional transplants for federal systems are among the most problematic of all. Still, especially in light of the apparent derailing of the EU’s Draft Constitutional Treaty, the question of the relevance of EU constitution-making for constitution-making in federal-style systems elsewhere seems nothing les...

Constitutional Conventions and the Deficit

Framing The Solid South: The State Constitutional Conventions Of Secession, Reconstruction, And Redemption, 1860-1902

Lessons from Recent Programs

Transatmospheric vehicles (TAVs), with aerodynamic properties similar to conventional aircraft, have the promise of flying into space and delivering payloads into low earth orbit (LEO). A key distinguishing feature between TAVs and aircraft is propulsion. Jet engines or pure air-breathing propulsion systems cannot provide the thrust levels needed to ascend into space. Traditional rockets overco...

Historical Gloss , Constitutional Conventions , and the Judicial Separation of Powers

Scholars have increasingly focused on the relevance of post-Founding historical practice to discerning the separation of powers between Congress and the Executive Branch, and the Supreme Court has recently endorsed the relevance of such practice. Much less attention has been paid, however, to the relevance of historical practice to discerning the separation of powers between the political branc...