George Washington, the war hero of the revolution, was elected president of the convention unanimously.

Almost 240 years ago on May 25, 1787, the Untied States’ founding fathers convened in Philadelphia for the Constitutional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stock photo from Getty Images. Ohio is one of the states where legislators are pushing for conventions that could make ...

Americans celebrated Constitution Day on Wednesday, marking the ratification of the founding document for the nation’s government. To mark the occasion and ahead of the U.S. semiquincentennial, the ...

Recent hearings on two different resolutions related to Ohio’s support of a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution showed the strong but mixed opinions that surround the issue. The Ohio Senate ...

0:00 -2:41 @NCCapitol NC lawmakers weigh call for constitutional convention North Carolina lawmakers are scheduled to debate whether to officially call for a national convention to make changes to the ...

Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics,” he wrote, “the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sought to lure Republican support Friday for calling the first U.S. constitutional convention since 1787, a new a priority for his administration that has bemoaned federal ...

We can’t play chicken with the Constitution. Last month, the Commonwealth of Kentucky received a visit from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis promoting House Concurrent Resolution 45 (HCR 45) calling for ...

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The Idaho House of Representatives on Friday narrowly passed a resolution that calls for a never-before-used method of amending the U.S. Constitution to balance the federal budget. Debate between ...