The next Constitutional Convention Commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the State House. This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Should RI have ...

In short, a constitutional convention would be a Pandora’s Box and no one knows what institution might supervise or limit its scope. For just one example, ...

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 Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the ...

The proposal was more of a swashbuckling play for attention than a plan with any rational chance of success. The last — and only — time the states gathered for a constitutional convention was ...

A Washington, D.C., newspaper, The Evening Star, ran an Associated Press article in 1929 detailing Wisconsin’s call for a constitutional convention. Credit: Via Chronicling America ...

Is a new constitutional convention a good idea to tackle questions that have emerged since 1787’s first (and, so far, only) constitutional convention, or a recipe for trouble, expense and gridlock?

Question 1 on the Nov. 5 ballot will ask voters to approve calling a state constitutional convention. Arguably, this may be the most consequential question on the ballot. A state constitution ...

THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT 430. A DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWMAKER NOW HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND WANTS THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO WITHDRAW ALL ...

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.

Because there’s never been a second constitutional convention, no one knows if such a gathering’s activity can be confined to one or two subjects, or whether everything would become fair game.

It’s best not to confront questions like this at all, since the lack of existing rules could mean that decisions would be made by the loudest among us, rather than the wisest.