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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 >‘Convention of States’ a dangerous, untested effort to rewrite our Constitution | Opinion At a time when extreme gerrymandering has created unprecedented polarization and big money buys access and influence, a potentially destabilizing constitutional convention is the last thing we need Mia Lewis Opinion contributor I read Dan Sewell’s July 14 column on the Convention […]
Read More >Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recently visited the South Carolina State House to gather support for their “balanced budget amendment.” What they did not discuss, however, was the damage a convention could do to the United States and the Constitution if this were to be called. This pro-convention campaign is the one that has progressed the […]
Read More >Just two years after Maryland rescinded the state’s application for an Article V convention, legislators are again considering calling for a convention. This time, though, Maryland legislators want the convention to be focused on campaign finance reform. While we all agree that we must change our campaign finance system, trying to change it in a […]
Read More >The Constitution has our rights and values woven through it so carefully and so cautiously because of the immense strength it needs to uphold the pillars of our democracy. But these rights and the values at the core of our nation, the freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and right to vote, are now at stake. With […]
Read More >Last week, the South Dakota state senate held a vote on SJR 503 – legislation that would rescind all applications South Dakota has for an Article V constitutional convention. In January, South Dakota had introduced HJR 5001, a resolution that would have added their names to the Convention of States initiative, which seeks to call a dangerous Article V convention […]
Read More >Rewriting America: The Constitution under siege May 21, 2025 By Tom Hodson Rewriting America: The Constitution under siege Inside the stealth movement to call a national convention that could upend the Bill of Rights, expand presidential power, and turn Project 2025 into law. This commentary was originally published by the Athens County Independent. The original […]
Read More >COLUMN: Say “no” to a Constitutional Convention April 28, 2025 A “Con-Con” would be a con game By Bob Confer Going back to the start of the Tea Party movement in 2007, something that has been in and out of the public conversation has been the promotion, by some folks of right persuasion (specifically Republicans […]
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