By casting the amendment process as a collaboration of states rather than as a deliberation among “We, ... For example, each state but Delaware, the District of Columbia, ...

There are three important reasons to vote "no" to having a constitutional convention. First, this will cost state taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, as lawmakers collect salaries and ...

Here's how the constitutional amendment process works. ... A good example is the First Amendment - freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government.

Rethink commission Scott Maxwell’s column, “Courts keep trash off ballots. Good,” in Wednesday’s Orlando Sentinel gave us another example of why the media are considered to … ...

A good example is the First Amendment – freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and to petition the Government. Under the Convention process, a convention could conceivably open up the ...

Passage of Amendment 2 preserves the right of the legislature to craft laws— laws that invite the public participation and input. Amendment 2 is a prime example of the democratic process at work ...

May 13—Sometimes, when politicians fail to act, the public does. This was the case in recent years in Ohio, when the state's voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment on the ...

Redistricting reform, for example, ... surrounding this year’s amendment proposals suggests that perhaps the most important change we can consider is the amendment process itself.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the rule change is an example of the GOP "opening things up." The energy bill the House introduced the new amendment process with would tie Strategic ...

Jill Lepore explains how constitutional amendment process is broken Historian, journalist criticizes originalism, partisanship in campus lecture Jill Lepore began her lecture by thanking the crowd for ...

But, if America wishes to roll back due process protections for non-citizens, the Founders provided a method to do so—Article V, the amendment process. It would be a dangerous move. However, it ...