Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution
Article V Convention or amendatory convention; is one of two methods authorized by Article Five of the United States Constitution whereby the United States Constitution may be altered.
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John Birch Society
American right-wing political advocacy group.
It opposed efforts to call an Article V convention to amend the U.S. Constitution.
Article Five of the United States Constitution
Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process for altering the Constitution.
Amendments may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate; or by a convention to propose amendments called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures.
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state.
Twenty-seven states had called for a constitutional convention on the subject, with 31 states needed to reach the threshold; Arizona and New Mexico each achieved statehood that year (bringing the total number of states to 48), and were expected to support the motion.
Tom Coburn
American politician and physician who served as a United States senator for Oklahoma from 2005, until his resignation in 2015.
Coburn also served as a senior advisor to Citizens for Self-Governance, where he was active in calling for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Progressive American think tank that analyzes the impact of federal and state government budget policies.
The Center is opposed to modern day efforts to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution.
Supermajority
Requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority.
Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed in one of two ways: a two-thirds supermajority votes of each house of United States Congress or a convention called by Congress on application of two-thirds (currently 34) of the states.
Constituent assembly
Body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution.
Article V of the Constitution does permit Congress to appoint a national constitutional convention to propose amendments but it has never done so.
Balanced budget amendment
Constitutional rule requiring that a state cannot spend more than its income.
They began a plan to make an "end run" around Congress, for the U.S. Constitution also allows two-thirds of state legislatures to petition for a convention to be called for the purpose of writing proposed amendments to the Constitution, a procedure which has never happened under the Constitution; the Constitution itself was created by the original constitutional convention of 1787.
Greg Abbott
American politician, attorney, and former jurist who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015.
In 2016, Abbott spoke to the Texas Public Policy Foundation, calling for a Convention of States to amend the U.S. Constitution.
Everett Dirksen
American politician.
After the Warren Court imposed one-man-one-vote on all state legislative houses in the 1964 case Reynolds v. Sims, he led an effort to convene an Article V convention for an amendment to the Constitution that would allow for legislative districts of unequal population.