A BILL TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR CALLING CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS FOR PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, ON APPLICATION OF THE LEGISLATURES OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATES, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION 88-138 OCTOBER 30 AND 31, 1967 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEPARATION OF POWERS JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois PAUL L. WOODARD, Chief Counsel and Staff Director (II) CONTENTS Page 43 Tuesday, October 31, 1967. Opening statements: Dirksen, Hon. Everett McKinley, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ervin, Hon. Sam J., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of North Bickel, Alexander M., Chancellor Kent professor of law and legal history, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.. Mendelson, Wallace, professor of government, University of Texas, Proxmire, Hon. William, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin. Bickel, Alexander M., letter of October 2, 1967, to Prof. Phillip Dirksen, Hon. Everett McKinley, a U.S. Senator from the State of Hruska, Hon. Roman L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska, statement to the Senate of May 10, 1967, on "The Reapportionment Kurland, Philip B., memorandum to Senator Ervin on S. 2307_ McCloskey, Robert G., memorandum on S. 2307__ Tydings, Hon. Joseph D., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland, statement to the Senate of April 19, 1967, on "Validity of Consti- American Enterprise Institute “A Convention to Amend the Constitu- tion: Questions Involved in Calling a Convention upon Applications by State Legislatures." Analysis No. 5 (June 16, 1967) - Black, Charles L., Jr., "The Proposed Amendment of Article V: A 153 Bonfield, Arthur Earl, "Proposing Constitutional Amendments by Convention: Some Problems," 39 Notre Dame L. 659 (1964). Corwin, Edward S., and Ramsey, May Louise, "The Constitutional Small, Norman J., "Procedures for Amending the United States |