Article V Convention To Amend Constitution Pushed By Several States

Published March 26, 2013 1:07pm ET



At least three states are seeking to force a constitutional convention to consider changes to the founding document.

Indiana, Georgia and Kansas have proposed a convention under the Constitution’s Article V, which allows two-thirds of the states to call a convention. The states’ reasons range from balancing the federal budget to overhauling federal powers. A constitutional convention has not been convened since the original one in 1787.

Forty-nine of the 50 states have filed at least one resolution with Congress calling for a constitutional convention. In order for a convention to be held, at least 34 states must pass a resolution on the same subject.

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