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- 2.2.2021
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New Polling Shows Americans Oppose Changing Constitution Through Convention
Americans across the political spectrum believe our constitutional rights must be protected and oppose calling a new constitutional convention to change the Constitution, according to new polling conducted last month. Research by J. Wallin Opinion Research concludes that after the tumultuous year marked by a national election, civil rights demonstrations, and a historic health pandemic, […]
Read More >Breaking: New Polling Shows Majority of Republican Voters Oppose Changing Constitution through an Article V Constitutional Convention
A new national poll done by J. Wallin Opinion Research revealed a majority (59.2%) of Republican voters oppose changing the U.S. Constitution by calling an Article V Constitutional Convention. Further evidence in the poll shows the reluctance of Republican voters to take drastic steps to alter this foundational document. Protecting and preserving the rights guaranteed […]
Read More >- 8.19.2024
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Assembly Passes Resolution Ensuring Decades Old Calls for Constitutional Conventions Aren’t Manipulated for Future, Unrelated Purposes
News Release Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2024 Assembly Passes Resolution Ensuring Decades Old Calls for Constitutional Conventions Aren’t Manipulated for Future, Unrelated Purposes Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Ken Zebrowski today announced that the Assembly passed a resolution rescinding all previous applications made by the New York State Legislature […]
Read More >- 9.23.2019
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Now is Not the Time to Rewrite the U.S. Constitution
Guest commentary by Justin Pidot, professor of law and the co-director of the Environmental Law Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law In this politically fractured time, some state legislatures have called for a convention to rewrite the U.S. Constitution. Article V of the Constitution provides for such a process, […]
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Ohio ‘state to watch’ for U.S. constitutional convention measures, concerned advocates say
Ohio ‘state to watch’ for U.S. constitutional convention measures, concerned advocates say GOV & POLITICS Jun 12, 2025 | 4:55 am ET By Susan Tebben Ohio is one of the states where legislators are pushing for conventions that could make constitutional amendments related to term limits and other issues, but advocates are concerned about the […]
Read More >- 1.5.2024
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Do you trust far-right politicians working to remake the Kansas and US Constitutions? | Opinion
Do you trust far-right politicians working to remake the Kansas and US Constitutions? | Opinion Joel Mathis Thu, January 4, 2024 at 4:07 a.m. MST The Kansas City Star Do you trust Kansas state Sen. Mike Thompson with the U.S. Constitution? You probably shouldn’t. Thompson, the Shawnee Republican, had a long career as a jovial […]
Read More >- 1.3.2020
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Exposed: The Balanced Budget Amendment Convention Campaign
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, wealthy special interest groups convinced dozens of state legislatures to pass resolutions or “calls” for an Article V convention to propose a balanced budget amendment (BBA). At one point, BBA advocates were just a few states short of reaching the constitutionally required 34 state required to call a convention. However, […]
Read More >- 2.20.2020
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- New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s upcoming vote to rescind calls for a constitutional convention affects us all
This legislative season in New Hampshire has been busy when it comes to the dangerous push for an Article V constitutional convention. HCR 6 and the call for a constitutional convention was handily defeated in a bipartisan manner with a vote of 318-27. While this was a great win for New Hampshire because it did not add any new calls to their roster, they still have existing applications for a convention […]
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