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  • 1.6.2019

The Dangerous Path: Big Money’s Plan to Shred the Constitution

Common Cause’s 2015 report exposes some of the groups behind the dangerous push for an Article V convention.

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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, […]

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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Just two years after Maryland rescinded the state’s application for an Article V convention, legislators are again considering calling for a convention.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 […]

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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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Turning to a Convention of States in Times of National Crisis is Not the Answer

Turning to a Convention of States in Times of National Crisis is Not the Answer By Dorothy Moon, IDGOP Chairwoman January 4, 2023 Our country is in a rough place right now, perhaps the worst since the Civil War. Spending is out of control, our southern border is wide open, and Congress seems to be […]

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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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Georgia groups to legislators: Protect our constitutional rights & vote against any call for an Article V convention

The following letter was sent to Georgia lawmakers this week from a local coalition of civil rights and advocacy groups. Protect Our Constitutional Rights – Vote NO on SR 854 March 11, 2020 Dear Senator, We are writing you today on the dangers of an Article V convention and to urge you to vote “NO” […]

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Save the Constitution. GOP and Dem legislators agree: Don’t be conned by the Con-Con | Opinion

BY REP. ILANA RUBEL AND REP. JUDY BOYLE FEBRUARY 18, 2024 “Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787, signing of U.S. Constitution” by Junius Brutus Stearns Public Domain We are of different political parties and often disagree, but are allied in our fierce devotion to America’s Constitution. It is now under serious threat from well-meaning people […]

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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 […]

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