Newly Rediscovered: The 1889 St. Louis Convention of States

A frequent argument against a convention for proposing constitutional amendments is that there are “no precedents” for determining the rules […]

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Constitutional Convention: John Jay Letter Shows Its Power Came from State Legislatures, not Congress

A persistent constitutional myth has it that (1) Congress called the Constitutional Convention under the Articles of Confederation, (2) the

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Runaway Convention? Meet the ULC: An Annual Conference of States Started in 1892 That Has Never Run Away

by Kenneth Quinn For decades fearmongers and naysayers have been claiming that the 1787 Constitutional Convention was a “runaway” convention

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