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- 1.29.2019
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Maryland Attorney General Warns of the Dangers of an Article V Convention
Just two years after Maryland rescinded the state’s application for an Article V convention, legislators are again considering calling for a convention.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 >Colorado Rescinds Calls for Article V Constitutional Convention
Last week, lawmakers in Colorado took the important action of rescinding all of Colorado’s previous calls for an Article V constitutional convention. This crucial legislation removes Colorado from the dangerous equation many state legislatures have fallen prey to by wealthy special interests looking to start a constitutional convention when they hit the 34 state threshold […]
Read More >- 4.23.2020
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Convention of States “Reopen America” Ploy
“I don’t think it’s helpful to encourage demonstrations and encourage people to go against the president’s own policy,” Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican, said. “It just doesn’t make any sense.” And yet, that is what is happening around the country as Facebook groups and special interest lobbying organizations are engineering protests at capitols around the nation for states continuing stay-at-home orders as […]
Read More >- 11.15.2023
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Inside Mike Johnson’s Ties to a Far-Right Movement to Gut the Constitution
The new House speaker has longstanding ties to the evangelical inspired Convention of States cause. As the interregnum without a speaker of the House came to an end last month, people from across the political spectrum came together, in a rare show of unity, to ask a single question: Who in the world is Mike […]
Read More >- 7.2.2025
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Call for a Constitutional Convention Veils Anti-Constitutionalism and Portends Political Chaos
Call for a Constitutional Convention Veils Anti-Constitutionalism and Portends Political Chaos The Fulcrum By Pat Merloe Apr 18, 2025 One action or law that violates the letter or established interpretation of the Constitution may simply be unconstitutional, but a series of brazen actions, unlicensed assertions of power that trespass on constitutional text and legal precedent, […]
Read More >- 5.29.2025
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COLUMN: Say “no” to a Constitutional Convention
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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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 >- 5.13.2025
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State House unanimously agrees: CT does not support a ‘world government’
April 30, 2025 State House unanimously agrees: CT does not support a ‘world government’ By David Krechevsky A “world federal government” sounds a lot like a dark web conspiracy theory. For Connecticut, though, it’s a remnant of the past that needed to be purged. During Monday’s state House of Representatives session, the chamber considered House […]
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