Nothing screams summer in Rhode Island like an obscure legislative commission holding hearings at the State House — but this one is worth keeping an eye on. The Constitutional Convention Commission ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- If Missourians were to call a constitutional convention, a number of provisions in the current document would be likely targeted for elimination or major alteration. One of the ...

BATON ROUGE–A bill calling for a constitutional convention, a key part of Gov. Jeff Landry’s agenda, passed the House floor in a 75-27 Tuesday after a lengthy debate and various amendments. Supporters ...

The question appears on the ballot every 16 years. Michigan's last constitutional convention happened in 1961.

Opponents warn that a convention could produce another attempt to restrict abortion rights, but advocates say the convention could secure education rights and usher in term limits PROVIDENCE — Every ...

Among the many yellowing paperbacks on my shelves is a copy of The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates. It's a sort of greatest hits collection of contemporaneous ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE/Louisiana Illuminator) -- The Louisiana House voted overwhelmingly along party lines Tuesday (May 7) to advance a bill calling for a constitutional convention to take place, ...

JP Leskovich is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and JURIST’s News Managing Editor. He filed this dispatch from Phoenix. This is the second in a series of dispatches he’s ...

North Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday are expected to debate whether to officially call for a national convention to make changes to the U.S. Constitution. Their efforts — if successful — could lead to ...