JOHN R. VILE is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University. A graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia, he is the author of Rewriting the United States Constitution (Praeger, 1991).

• Preface The Philosophical Heritage The Creation and Justification of Article V George Washington, the Constitutional Amending Process, and the Farewell Address Thomas Jefferson and the Amending Process John C. Calhoun: The Amending Process and the Theory of Concurrent Majorities The Civil War Period: Sidney George Fisher Advocates Congressional Sovereignty, and John Jameson Warns Against Constitutional Conventions Christopher Tiedeman, Constitutional Interpretation, and the Amending Process The Progressive Era and Continuing Doubts About the Adequacy of the Amending Process Debates Over Substantive Limits on the Amending Process Selected Bibliography Index

JOHN R. VILE is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University. A graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia, he is the author of Rewriting the United States Constitution (Praeger, 1991).

• Preface The Philosophical Heritage The Creation and Justification of Article V George Washington, the Constitutional Amending Process, and the Farewell Address Thomas Jefferson and the Amending Process John C. Calhoun: The Amending Process and the Theory of Concurrent Majorities The Civil War Period: Sidney George Fisher Advocates Congressional Sovereignty, and John Jameson Warns Against Constitutional Conventions Christopher Tiedeman, Constitutional Interpretation, and the Amending Process The Progressive Era and Continuing Doubts About the Adequacy of the Amending Process Debates Over Substantive Limits on the Amending Process Selected Bibliography Index

JOHN R. VILE is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University. A graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia, he is the author of Rewriting the United States Constitution (Praeger, 1991).

• Preface The Philosophical Heritage The Creation and Justification of Article V George Washington, the Constitutional Amending Process, and the Farewell Address Thomas Jefferson and the Amending Process John C. Calhoun: The Amending Process and the Theory of Concurrent Majorities The Civil War Period: Sidney George Fisher Advocates Congressional Sovereignty, and John Jameson Warns Against Constitutional Conventions Christopher Tiedeman, Constitutional Interpretation, and the Amending Process The Progressive Era and Continuing Doubts About the Adequacy of the Amending Process Debates Over Substantive Limits on the Amending Process Selected Bibliography Index