Some prominent Democrats fear Republicans want to call a constitutional convention and rewrite the language on the books that has been protecting basic rights since 1787. Are they right to be ...

Rhode Island Constitutional Convention supporters Tuesday pushed back against the idea that tinkering with the state's founding text would invite a tidal wave of influence by outside special interests ...

Over a half-century ago, as secretary and elected delegate to the 1973 Constitutional Convention, I drafted and helped secure the enactment of the present Rhode Island Constitution’s provision Article ...

The once-a-decade question – whether the time is right to reopen the state Constitution – is moving toward an appearance on the November ballot. The House of Representatives Thursday introduced ...

Ben Sheehan explains what happened at the first Convention and if the U.S could have another. You probably learned about the original Constitutional Convention (the one from 1787) in history class.

AN ARTICLE FIVE CONVENTION. THERE IS NOBODY CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE THAN YOU. 400 OF YOU. AS A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, RICK SANTORUM KNOWS, NEW HAMPSHIRE LIKES TO BE OUT IN FRONT IN NATIONAL ...

The U.S. Constitution is more than two centuries old. It hasn't been amended for three decades. Is it finally time for a rewrite? Democrats worry about a "'runaway convention' where anything and ...

This Constitution Day, which marks the 238 th anniversary of the adjournment of the Constitutional Convention, is also a dispiriting moment to dread how the nation will celebrate its ...

Earlier this year, the Montana legislature almost took the whole country another step toward a constitutional crisis. A resolution that passed through a Senate committee before stalling on the floor ...