Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the ...

Forty years ago, Rhode Island became the last state to hold a constitutional convention, and one state senator notes some lawmakers have fought every 10 years to prevent another one.

Debate over voting protocols dominated Wednesday’s session of the Sixth Constitutional Convention. The Human Rights Committee ...

Calling a constitutional convention is a ridiculous -- and irresponsible -- idea. All manner of bizarre proposals would undoubtedly emerge and further roil American politics, already tempestuous.

A constitutional convention could be used to upend our democracy in a variety of ways that we would live to regret,” said Dora Rose, deputy director for the league.

Convention-Phobia: As America Nears Its 250th Birthday, Facing the Unwarranted Fear of Constitutional Reform Since the 1770s there have been more than 250 state constitutional conventions, requiring, ...

Leading the charge is State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who first abstained from then later voted against California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest call for a constitutional convention to ...

A Con-Con, er, Constitutional Convention, vote is coming in 2026. Boring? Yes. Important? Also yes. John Lindstrom breaks it down.

(The Center Square) - A top California Democratic legislature called for the state to rescind all seven of the state’s open calls for a U.S. constitutional convention, citing risks to ...