Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rhode Island Constitutional Convention supporters Tuesday pushed back against the idea that tinkering with the state's founding ...

The Ohio GOP appears to be lining up behind the idea of a constitutional convention, with resolutions introduced in both the Ohio House and Senate. No more birthright citizenship, anyone? But a new ...

Over a half-century ago, as secretary and elected delegate to the 1973 Constitutional Convention, I drafted and helped secure the enactment of the present Rhode Island Constitution’s provision Article ...

This year, Rhode Island voters are being asked to decide if the state should hold a constitutional convention. A constitutional convention − should a majority of voters endorse Question 1 in November ...

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.

Two of California’s last three governors have wanted to help organize and promote constitutional conventions, either on the state or federal level. They’ve both been dangerously wrong about this.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Rhode Islanders get to make a once-in-a-decade decision: Should the state hold a constitutional convention? If voters approve Question 1, elected ...

It remains to be seen whether Louisiana lawmakers will call for a constitutional convention, but some of the parameters for ...

Louisiana lawmakers are moving forward with legislation that would define how a constitutional convention could unfold, even as debate continues over whether to call one, Louisiana Illuminator writes.

There were 11 women delegates from both political parties who served during Michigan's 1961 Constitutional Convention. Next year, Michigan voters will weigh in on whether the state should hold a ...

Few events in the history of the United States were of greater consequence than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Although most histories have focused on the issues and compromises that dominated ...