Rick Aiello: The Case AGAINST a Constitutional Convention

To Robert David Steele: I applaud your open source initiatives and have enjoyed your interviews, but I have seen two recent emails from your Public Intelligence Blog expressing your support for a Convention of States. While your DOUBLE-DOWN, MODIFY & EXPAND, and REVERSE ideas for changing existing Amendments certainly make sense, a Convention of States, …

Steven Aftergood: CRS on Article V Constitutional Convention

Someone in Congress evidently wants an update. The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Current Developments, March 29, 2016 After more than 20 years of comparative inaction,the past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in and support for the Article V Convention alternative.Advocacy groups across a broad range of the political spectrum are …

Amazon Kindle: REVOLUTION!: How Donald Trump Can Win and Govern by Championing Electoral Reform, a Coalition Cabinet, a Balanced Budget, and a Constitutional Convention in 2018 (Trump Revolution Book 01)

We are all crazy, all black, and all angry. 2016 is the culminating year in which the two-party tyranny reaps as it has sown — Donald Trump on the right — winning by the rules — and Bernie Sanders on the left — losing by the rules — represent the 99% who have been disenfranchised …

Steve Aftergood: Constitutional Convention 101 from CRS

A CONVENTION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION, AND MORE FROM CRS Article V of the U.S. Constitution prescribes two ways by which the Constitution can be amended:  Either Congress may propose amendments for ratification by the states, or else a majority of state legislatures may ask Congress to call a convention for considering amendments. A new …

Event: 24-26 September 2010 in Louiseville, Kentucky Coffee Party First Convention and Constitutional Convention moderated by Lawrence Lessig

TUE 21 Sep NEW:  Detailed Schedule, Pretty Amazing, Click Here to Read Meet us in Louisville for the Great American Democracy Meetup and Coffee Party National Convention! We want to reset the national dialogue so that we can address the challenges that we face as fellow Americans instead of partisans in a spectator sport. We …