What would a constitutional convention look like?
Democrats worry about a "'runaway convention' where anything and everything is on the table," Hayes Brown said at MSBNC.
The New York Times8d
Democratic Fears of a Constitutional Convention
The example of the original Constitutional Convention provides good reason to fear a second one. Called in 1787 to address perceived flaws in the nation’s original governing charter, the ...
The New York Times21d
A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the ...
kcra.com18d
California lawmaker says state should withdraw calls for constitutional convention before Trump takes office
THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT 430. A DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWMAKER NOW HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND WANTS THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO WITHDRAW ALL ...
Jefferson Public Radio11d
State senator tries to roll back California’s calls for a constitutional convention
Democratic State Senator Scott Wiener from San Francisco says California could unintentionally support a Republican-led ...
MSNBC7d
Why some states are afraid Trump will literally rewrite the Constitution
But, as The New York Times recently reported, states like California are now racing to rescind their previous calls for a constitutional convention. Their fear is that even a convention called ...
Opinion
Arizona Daily Star9dOpinion
Local opinion: A new constitutional convention is needed
Since the entire federal government is about to lose its legitimacy, there is only one possible legal solution: Thirty-four states must pass an Article Five resolution that sets in motion ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle26d
Letter to the editor: Dangers of an Article V Constitutional Convention
It can also be amended by an Article V Constitutional Convention. In an Article V Convention, if the Legislatures of two-thirds of the states call for a convention, the Congress “shall call a ...
Yahoo News20d
North Carolina joins states calling for a constitutional convention
North Carolina legislators voted this month to ask Congress to call for convention of states to suggest changes to the U.S. Constitution. Some Republican legislators have been pushing to file an ...
Washington Examiner18d
Democrats shouldn’t fear, and Republicans shouldn’t call, a constitutional convention
Two-thirds of state legislatures could petition for a new constitutional convention, which Congress would then be obligated to call into existence. This convention would serve the purpose of ...
The Express Tribune5d
The constitutional chalice
Rather than blaming who is cracking the constitutional chalice, can we relive the larger, tolerant and inclusive spirit that infused the creation of an agreed 1973 Constitution that everyone whole ...