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 ...

When the new Maine State Legislature came into session this year, there was a bit of drama over the election of our constitutional officers: the attorney general, secretary of state and state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this year, the Montana legislature almost took the whole country another step toward a constitutional crisis. A resolution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stock photo from Getty Images. Ohio is one of the states where legislators are pushing for conventions that could make ...

A move to overhaul Oklahoma’s state constitution by House Speaker Kyle Hilbert has hit a roadblock in the Senate.

There were 11 women delegates from both political parties who served during Michigan's 1961 Constitutional Convention. Next year, Michigan voters will weigh in on whether the state should hold a ...

One action or law that violates the letter or established interpretation of the Constitution may simply be unconstitutional, but a series of brazen actions, unlicensed assertions of power that ...

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 As a young, Black, ...

“I certainly would not want a Constitutional Convention. I mean whoa. Who knows what would come out of that.” — Justice Antonin Scalia, April 17, 2014. Two hundred and thirty-five years ago America ...

A thousand years from now, how will America be remembered? One filmmaker suggested future history books would emphasize three American creations: baseball, jazz and the Constitution. As a ...

Today, civic life is marked by deep divides on policy issues, distrust in government as an agent of the people, and by serious doubts that government at any level can ...

Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two methods for amendment. The first method requires a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress followed by ratification by three-fourths of the states.