Title: Get Informed Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/get-informed|get-informed]] Login Required to view? 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|[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/93/Article_18-DemystifyingDustyTool.pdf?|Demystyfying a Dusty Tool]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/1956/COS_FAQ.pdf?|FAQ]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/1018/COS_4-FiveMyths-Article-Web.pdf?|Five Myths]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/170/Harvard_Journal_of_Law_and_Public_Policy_Farris_Defying_Conventional_Wisdom-The_Constitution_was_not_a_runaway_convention.pdf?|Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/92/Article_17-AddressStateBudgetChallenges.pdf?|How can the Convention of States Help Address My State's Budget Challenges]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/home/app/webapp/current/public/content/files/94/Article_19-CorruptingInfluenceMoneyInPolitics.pdf?|How Can the Convention of States Project Help the Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/81/Article_6-HowTheCourts.pdf?|How the Courts Have Clarified the Constitution's Amendment Process]] | |[[https://articlevinfocenter.com/how-to-reform-our-dysfunctional-federal-government/|How to Reform Our Dysfunctional Government]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/80/Article_5-LearnedMoreAndMore.pdf?|How We Have Learned More and More]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/133/Is_Nullification_the_Answer.pdf?|Is Nullification the Answer?]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/90/Article_15-TimetoEvictSquatters.pdf?|It's Time to Evict the Constitutional Squatters]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/96/Article_21-JohnBirchSociety.pdf?|JBS Denies its History]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/640/Compendium_4.0.pdf?|Legislative Compendium 4.0]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/84/Article_9-CommonSenseCommonCore.pdf?|Let's Provide Our Children Commen Sense Not Common Core]] | |[[https://articlevinfocenter.com/point-by-point-response-to-one-of-those-anti-convention-op|Point By Point Response to One of Those Anti Convnention Op-Eds]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/1980/Convention_for_Proposing_Amendments_-_Proposed_Rules.pdf?|Proposed Convention Rules * UPDATE NEEDED *]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/home/app/webapp/current/public/content/files/98/Article_23-FederalControlLands-Web.pdf?|Public Lands: A Generational Vision]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/63/Real_Answers_to_Article_V_Questions.pdf?|Real Answers to Article V Questions]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/news/real-answers-to-article-v-questions|Real Answers to Naysayers of Article V by Rita Peters]] | |[[https://articlevinfocenter.com/point-by-point-response-to-one-of-those-anti-convention-op-eds/|Response to Opposition Op-Ed]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/135/The_States_Control_the_Article_V_Process.pdf?|States Control the Article V Process]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/87/Article_12-ArticleVSolution.pdf?|The Article V Solution and the Absurdity of Inaction]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/86/Article_11-BattleOverCoal.pdf?|The Battle Over Coal Rights]] | |[[https://articlevinfocenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Campaign-v.-Article-V-revd.pdf|The Establishment’s Disinformation Campaign Against Article V: How It Began and Misled Others]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/85/Article_10-FinalConstitutionalOption.pdf?|The Final Constitutional Solution]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/2375/The_Liberal_Establishment’s_Disinformation_Campaign_Against_Article_V_—and_How_It_Misled_Conservatives.pdf?1628194847|The Liberals Disinformation Campaign Against Article V]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/82/Article_7-MythRunawayAmendConvention.pdf?|The Myth of a Runaway Convention]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/95/Article_20-NecessaryProperClause.pdf?|The Necessary and Proper Clause Does Not Allow Congress to Control An Amendments Convention]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/918/Truth_vs_Fiction_Correcting_False_Claims.pdf?|Truth Vs Fiction Correcting False Claims]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/71/Natelson_On_Trying_To_Abolish_One_State_One_Vote.pdf?|Two Reasons Each State Gets Only One Vote]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/69/Response-to-EF-Handout.pdf?|We Know the Rules, Congress Does Not Control the Article V Process]] | |[[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/dkrwebapp/public/content/files/70/What-if-Congress-Refuses.pdf?|What if Congress Refuses to Call a Convention]] | 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vs Opponent]] | |[[https://articlevinfocenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Campaign-v.-Article-V-revd.pdf|The Establishment’s Disinformation Campaign Against Article V: How It Began and Misled Others]] | |[[https://cosuniversity.com/module-2/answering-the-skeptics-part-3/|Fantastic objections video w/ Meckler & Dunaway {not all roles can access this COSU course}]] | |  | |**PETITIONS** | |[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ogxY1-AyeSbIivAoQDMuU-dx5PbR8_mZ01bnVIAb0vk/edit?usp=sharing|Event paper petition instructions]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/event_petitions|Paper petitions entry page (must be logged in - verify you see the Event Name & Event Description field at the bottom)]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/files/cos-petition-for-passed-states|Passed State (English)]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/files/cos-passed-states-petition-in-spanish|Passed State (Spanish)]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/files/convention-of-states-pending-states-petition|Pending State (English)]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/files/cos-prentable-petition-for-pending-states-spanish|Pending State (Spanish)]] | |  | |**REFERENCE GUIDES** | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/acronyms-used-in-convention-of-states|COS Acronyms]] | |[[https://help.conventionofstates.com/kb/faq.php?cid=34|Email blasts - knowledgebase]] | |[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B1WR4_eJ09WnGFgSgINjwdimeNm9T0EkWc3pyCi30UM/edit?usp=sharing|Email/Text Best Practices]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/branding|How to: Use COS logos & branding]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/leaders|Leaders Directory]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/passedstates|Passed States: Activities & Resources]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/states-with-passed-article-v-resolution|Passed States: Article V Resolutions]] | |[[https://wiki.conventionofstates.com/|Wiki COS]] | |  | |**SOCIAL MEDIA** | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/news|COS Blog]] | |[[https://www.facebook.com/conventionofstates/|COS Facebook]] | |COS on YouTube | |[[https://rumble.com/c/COSProject|COS Rumble]] | |[[https://twitter.com/COSProject|COS Twitter]] | |[[https://www.facebook.com/conventionofstates|COSA Facebook]] | |[[https://www.facebook.com/COSProjectMN/|COSA MN Facebook]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/florida-social-media-warriors|Social Media Warrior Guide]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/joel-s-zingers-for-social-media|Spread the word with Joel's Zingers]] | |  | |**VIDEOS** | |2021 Legislator Series August 19 Professor Rob Natelson | |2021 Legislator Series August 5 Michael Farris | |2021 Legislator Series July 29 Prof. Randy Barnett | |2021 Legislator Series July 8 Jim DeMint | |2021 Legislator Series June 17 Professor Rob Natelson | |2021 Legislator Series Sept 2 Rick Green | |2021 Legislator Series Sept 30 Mark Meckler and Rick Santorum | |[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVQH0JbwIgA|3 Minute Video on Convention of States]] | 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|[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHd1xUo-_XE|Michael Farris Debates Andy Schlafly in New Jersey 2014]] | |[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uHI61Zbp1o|Michael Farris Debates Delegate Bob Marshall 2014]] | |[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HBVzS9c8ZQ|Michael Farris Debates Leaders of JBS in Oklahoma 2014]] | |[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VjFPwSctX0|Michael Farris on CSPAN]] | |[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4140az60vo|Prof. Rob Natelson Introduces Draft of Convention of States Rules]] | |[[https://youtu.be/WL9zsiqlv9I|Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 4/7/22 A Must Watch and Share]] | |[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVs7q67WFzI|Tea Party Article V Convention of States Forum]] | |[[https://conventionofstates.com/news/article-v-the-real-deal-recap|Tele-Town Hall, Michael Farris, Robert Natelson, Mark Meckler - Audio]] | |[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSNzcFJ0-kc|The Plan to Restore America]] | |[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az-okvvVzSU|The Time is Now]] | 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