COS For Gay’s Not Policiaclly Popular
Arkansas Senate rejects gay marriage, abortion amendment proposals By John LyonArkansas News Bureaujlyon@arkansasnews.com LITTLE ROCK — The Senate on Monday rejected two measures calling for a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage and [...]
Kerry T. Winterer: Rethink the convention of states
In its editorial of Feb. 5, The World-Herald took issue with the idea of the convention of states and urged that the Legislature not pass Legislative Resolution 6, which would be Nebraska’s application to call an Article V [...]
Research & Commentary: Resolution in Utah Advances Constitutional Reform Efforts
Article Tags The United States currently holds over $19 trillion in total public debt, and the figure is expected to rise for the foreseeable future. As the government has failed to address the mounting debt crisis, groups have [...]
Abbott’s call for Convention of States clears first hurdle in the TX Senate
Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency item, calling for a national Convention of States to amend the U.S. Constitution, cleared its first hurdle Thursday, with the Senate State Affairs Committee sending the resolution to the floor on a 6-2 party-line [...]
The 1889 St. Louis Convention of States
A frequent argument against a convention for proposing constitutional amendments is that there are “no precedents” for determining the rules and procedures for such a gathering, other than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Although opponents persist in this [...]
Time For an Amending Convention
Just about every American would agree, regardless of their political beliefs that the federal government is completely out of control financially and authoritatively. Thankfully, the framers of the Constitution, particularly George Mason, gave the states the Constitutional power [...]