Yahoo

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 ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Push for 'Convention of States' makes some Ohioans feel edgy and suspicious | Opinion

A long-time family friend contacted me, puzzled and concerned after a recent meeting of her local township trustees. Turtlecreek Township is a rural/residential area of some 18,000 people in Warren ...
Wichita Eagle

Kansas GOP lawmakers sue to overturn failure of constitutional convention resolutions

Two Republican state lawmakers are suing to bring Kansas one step closer to calling a U.S. constitutional convention – a long-time goal of many conservatives. Sen. Mike Thompson, a Shawnee Republican, ...
Courthouse News Service

California lawmaker urges state to rescind all calls for constitutional convention

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A California state senator on Monday called for the state to set aside all demands for a constitutional convention, arguing that doing so will protect people’s essential ...
RealClearPolitics

An Article V Convention

As our nation ages and grows, many groups and individuals feel they need changes to various provisions of the United States Constitution. Some would like small changes, while others want large and ...
Mother Jones

The Big-Money Right-Wing Push to Upend the Constitution—and Kill Birthright Citizenship

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For years, powerful right-wing figures have pushed a plan: Have states call a ...
KGW8

Convention of States: Idaho's proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution

BOISE, Idaho — Every few years a major question in American politics arises: Should there be a special Convention of States to open up the constitution for amendments? The convention is a national ...
WLRN

Explaining DeSantis’ call for a convention of states and constitutional changes

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives in Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. WLRN has partnered ...
The Hill

A Constitutional Convention would be a constitutional crisis — states must say no

Earlier this year, the Montana legislature almost took the whole country another step toward a constitutional crisis. A resolution that passed through a Senate committee before stalling on the floor ...
The Hill

A convention of states is the only way to fix a profoundly broken Washington

Our democratic republic is in grave peril. The national debt, well more than $37 trillion, is now growing by one trillion in debt every five months, according the Peterson Foundation. A 2023 Pew ...
The Heritage Foundation

Reconsidering the Wisdom of an Article V Convention of the States

John was Vice President for the Institute for Constitutional Government, Director of the Meese Center, and the Ed and Sherry Gilbertson Senior Legal Fellow. The Framers envisioned Article V of the ...