Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco), left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Last ...

The founders built two ways to amend the Constitution. Congress can propose amendments — that’s how all 27 got here so far.

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 ...

What if? A look at how the structure of the U.S. Senate was hotly debated in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in ways that changed America, Here, is the painting "Scene at the Signing of the ...

In a letter written to James Madison from Paris, Thomas Jefferson opined that “no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. . . . Every constitution, then, and every law, ...

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 provides ...

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 Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the same ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For years, powerful right-wing figures have pushed a plan: Have states call a ...

The Ohio GOP appears to be lining up behind the idea of a constitutional convention, with resolutions introduced in both the Ohio House and Senate. No more birthright citizenship, anyone? But a new ...

LOUISIANA (KTAL/KMSS) — On May 16, 2026, five constitutional amendments are on the ballot for Louisiana voters. In an ongoing series, we explained what the amendments say, what they mean, why they are ...

The modern Florida Constitution was adopted in 1968. But it’s still being written. Floridians have voted to modify the state’s governing charter in almost every election cycle since then. In this year ...