US Constitution

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 22:50:04 +0000

In Part 1, I explained the problems that could come with an Article V Convention of States. It’s a never-before-used method in the United States Constitution for amending the document, and it’s fraught with challenges and the possibility of a “runaway convention” the results in an entirely new constitution, written by Republicans. In this second […]

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:50:00 +0000

A recent article at Insider tells us about a movement afoot to amend the United States Constitution, but through a legal route that hasn’t been used before: a convention of states, as authorized by the document’s fifth article. This process would bypass congress and the federal government entirely, allowing representatives sent by state legislatures to […]