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.

A New York Times story last week reports fears by Democratic politicians of calls by some leading Republican politicians for a new Constitutional Convention. This is distinct from the customary means ...

When Michigan voters receive their ballots in November, the first question they’ll see is whether Michigan should hold a ...

Earlier this year, the Montana legislature almost took the whole country another step toward a constitutional crisis. A resolution that passed through a Senate committee before stalling on the floor ...

OpEd: In an era of partisanship, how could we trust that delegates to a Constitutional Convention would be faithful to the ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE – No one knows what changes to the Rhode Island Constitution would be proposed at a constitutional convention – should voters in November allow one – but a coalition of union and advocacy ...

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 ...

Temperatures in Denver hit 61 degrees on March 13, 1876, and that night the first rain of the year fell, though it soon turned back to snow. The Rocky Mountain News reported the first “centennial ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A U.S. senator from South Carolina and his political allies launched the South Carolina Constitutional Convention on Sept. 10, 1895, to disenfranchise Black voters and ...

You are invited to join a celebration of Montana’s Constitution. Save the morning of March 20 for the first annual Montana Constitution Day celebration in Helena’s new Montana Heritage Center.