The National Constitution Center launches its Article V Project, a new initiative exploring the founders’ vision for Article V and an historical look at the use of the Article V process from 1789 to the present. Project contributors and constitutional law experts Gerard Magliocca, Sanford Levinson, Michael Rappaport, and Stephen Sachs explore the origins, debates, and ongoing challenges surrounding Article V, as presented in their new essays. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.
This program is presented in conjunction with the Article V Project, made possible by Democracy Restated.
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Gerard N. Magliocca is the Distinguished Professor and Samuel R. Rosen professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
Sanford Levinson is the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood Jr. Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas Law School. He is also a professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas and a visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School in fall 2025.
Michael B. Rappaport is Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law, director of the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, and 2025-2026 University Professor at the University of San Diego
Stephen E. Sachs is the Antonin Scalia Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His research focuses on the law and theory of constitutional interpretation, the jurisdiction of state and federal courts, the history of procedure and private law, and the role of the general common law in the U.S. legal system.
Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.
Additional Resources
- Article V: Amending the Constitution
- Gerard Magliocca, Report: Article V Constitutional Conventions
- Sanford Levinson, Reflections on the Possibility of a New Constitutional Convention
- Michael B. Rappaport, The Convention Method for Proposing Amendments: Essential, Misunderstood, and Broken
- Stephen E. Sachs, Restoring Conventions, One Amendment at a Time
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