For Immediate Release: February 6, 2019 Contact: Ryan Hite, Communications Director St. Louis, MO: This morning the House State Affairs committee of the South Dakota Legislature defeated H.J.R. 1005, an application for an Article V Constitutional … [Read more...]
Say No to Iowa SJR8 and HJR12
St. Louis MO: The state of Iowa has become the latest target of a group seeking to open up the U.S. Constitution to all kinds of horrible attacks. Ed Martin, President of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, had this to say: “My mentor Phyllis Schlafly was … [Read more...]
Con Con is a Terrible Idea
**(Previously recorded by Phyllis Schlafly, April 13, 2009)** Resolutions have been introduced into several state legislatures to ask Congress to call a new constitutional convention. That's known as a Con Con. Calling a new … [Read more...]
Article V: Are there flaws in our Constitution, or simply failures to obey it?
Article V of the U.S. Constitution has only 22 words about a convention for proposing amendments, but the most important is the word “call.” Since only Congress can “call” the convention, it means that states have … [Read more...]
Freedom or Socialism, the ‘Real Issue’ of Health Care
As the battle on Obamacare continues to rage in the halls of Congress, the well of wisdom found in the Phyllis Schlafly Report can give decisive direction to critical conservatives. The July 1994 issue talks about Hillary Clinton’s botched attempt at … [Read more...]
The “Constitutional Crisis” of Con Con
Author’s Note: Scroll to the very bottom of the page to view the special color-printed 18th Anniversary Edition of the Phyllis Schlafly Report. When it comes to a function of the Constitution which has not been attempted, imagery is an … [Read more...]
States Are Rejecting a ‘Horrible Idea’
Most state legislatures are now in regular session for a limited number of days, and there’s no shortage of important work to be done at the state level. Yet many state legislatures are wasting precious time on a scheme to change the U.S. … [Read more...]
Trump Battles Globalist Republicans
Before heading to Cleveland to accept the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump paid a high-profile visit to Capitol Hill, where he hoped to unify Congressional Republicans behind his presidential campaign. Many of the 247 Republican … [Read more...]
Failed Republicans Want to Rewrite the Constitution
Did you ever wonder why unsuccessful candidates merely “suspend” their campaigns after losing a key primary, instead of terminating them? Surely all those candidates knew that it’s impossible to restart a presidential campaign once … [Read more...]
A Warning About Things to Come
Have you seen the television pictures of the tens of thousands of demonstrators at the Wisconsin State Capitol who are protesting proposed budget cuts for state employees? If so, you've had an advance peek at the sort of demonstrations that will … [Read more...]
