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The increasing dominance of Republicans inside statehouses across the nation has spurred talk that a constitutional convention – the very meeting that crafted the US Constitution – could be more than ...

Two-hundred thirty-one years ago this Monday, the founding fathers signed the Constitution of the United States, which has become the cornerstone of our democracy. The principles enshrined in the ...

In 2007, my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution was a New York Times bestseller. Happily, many people were interested in a Jeffersonian alternative to the Hamiltonian version of ...

Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two methods for amendment. The first method requires a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress followed by ratification by three-fourths of the states.

AUSTIN – On the surface, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent call to convene a constitutional convention to amend the U.S. Constitution would seem like another dagger from the combative Republican leader ...

WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT AT 6 P.M. TODAY IN BATON ROUGE. A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE MAY BE COMING TO THE STATE. GOVERNOR, JEFF LANDRY IS EXPECTED TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE PROPOSED ...

ALBANY - New York voters will have a once-in-a-generation chance this November to crack open the state's constitution and begin the process of revamping it. They'll just have to remember to flip their ...

Wait, why are we talking about a constitutional convention? Democrats are deeply worried that Virginia, which Hillary Clinton won by five points in the 2016 election, is about to come under Republican ...

Our new political environment continually prompts the question “Is nothing sacred?” The grudging reverence people of both parties once felt for presidents is gone. Large segments of the electorate ...

Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a new constitutional convention to pass a gun safety amendment and California lawmakers backed his plan. Now, some Democrats fear the specter of a right-wing ...