Convention of States

It doesn’t seem like it’s been thirty-four years. But on January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th President of the United States as the new First Lady and millions of Americans looked on. The words of his inaugural address are full of...

It is so often said that the nation is "divided," or "polarized."  The pundits and politicians tell us the fight is between the left and the right, conservatives and liberals or Democrats and Republicans.  They are very wrong.  The nation is indeed...

If you received a subsidy for Obamacare coverage, there’s a 50-50 chance you’ll have to pay some of it back come tax-time./ It doesn’t come as much of a surprise that HealthCare.gov’s estimates may have been inaccurate. “The poorly-written...

Mark Meckler spoke to state legislators at a meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) right before his friend Mark Levin took the podium. Before introducing Levin, Meckler made a few comments about the irrelevance of our nation's capital...

President Obama has gotten a lot of negative feedback since he decided to single-handedly “fix” the immigration system. Nearly half of the states are suing his administration, and most Americans think he’s disrupted the Constitutional checks and...

On Thursday, December 4, the Convention of States Project sponsored the breakfast session at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Washington, D.C. Mark Levin - Convention of States Project legal board member, nationally syndicated...

After the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, comedian Chris Rock made headlines. Emotions were running high, and he spoke in favor of President Obama’s call for more gun control: I am just here to support the President of the United States. The...

No doubt you are already aware the Republicans gained control of the U.S. Senate last night, securing at least 52 of 100 Senate seats. What do last night's results mean for the self-governance movement? Here's a full rundown of the election results and the...

Fifty years ago, Ronald Reagan was only the name of an actor past his prime. Then he gave what is called “The Speech.” The Presidential election of 1964 was winding down, and Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater was 35 points behind incumbent Lyndon B....

Americans aren’t too impressed with the performance of their government. A fresh poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal reveals how voters grade elected officials: a C-minus, or a 2.1 GPA. Individual politicians and parties scored even...