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- 3.5.2025
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Fear of rogue convention deters Kansas Senate from aiding crusade to alter U.S. Constitution
Fear of rogue convention deters Kansas Senate from aiding crusade to alter U.S. Constitution Senate votes down resolution calling for convention on term limits for Congress By: Tim Carpenter – March 29, 2024 TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate failed to pull together a two-thirds majority supportive of a national convention of states to consider an […]
Read More >- 1.30.2020
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Legislators in West Virginia Have a Fight on Their Hands
Some lawmakers in West Virginia are, like many other state legislators across the country, fighting against the dangerous call their state has made for an Article V constitutional convention. This call for a constitutional convention, or Convention of States, is a well-funded campaign led by Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler, Texas mega donor Tim Dunn, […]
Read More >- 2.1.2022
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Op-Ed by New Jersey Leadership Highlights Threat of Article V Convention
Just before the new year, New Jersey became the latest state to rescind all calls for a constitutional convention. In doing so, New Jersey takes part in removing applications asking for a constitutional convention that, if it were to happen, leaves the door wide open for a complete runaway convention that has the power to […]
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‘Convention of States’ a dangerous, untested effort to rewrite our Constitution | Opinion
‘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 >- 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 >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 >- 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 >- 2.1.2024
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Explaining Ron DeSantis’ effort to call a convention of states and amend the US Constitution
Explaining Ron DeSantis’ effort to call a convention of states and amend the US Constitution PolitiFact February 1, 2024 By Louis Jacobson and Samantha Putterman He dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who had pushed to “make America Florida,” is still aiming to shape national policy. DeSantis is proposing […]
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