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Tom K. Lindsay, Ph.D., is a distinguished senior fellow of higher education and constitutional studies at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction, including service as a dean, provost, and college president.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently announced his “Texas Plan”: Restoring the Rule of Law with States Leading the Way. The plan calls for an Article V convention of states to propose constitutional amendments to rein in the federal government.

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