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  2. Convention to propose amendments to the United States ...

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    A convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also referred to as an Article V Convention, state convention, [1] or amendatory convention is one of two methods authorized by Article Five of the United States Constitution whereby amendments to the United States Constitution may be proposed: on the Application of two thirds of the State legislatures (that is, 34 of the 50 ...

  3. List of state applications for an Article V Convention

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    In 1929 Wisconsin presented a list of states having made applications for a convention exceeding the two-thirds requirement that was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, with no further action. In 2013 states began listing existing state applications when joining them.

  4. Second Constitutional Convention of the United States

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    A Convention of States is one of two methods authorized by Article Five of the United States Constitution whereby amendments to the United States Constitution may be proposed: two thirds of the State legislatures (that is, 34 of the 50) may call a convention to propose amendments, which become law only after ratification by three-fourths (38 ...

  5. Letter to the Editor: Convention of States could help ... - AOL

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    On Feb. 6, the Ohio House Government Oversight Committee heard testimony supporting HJR-3 calling for an Article V Convention of States. Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, states may call a ...

  6. Explaining Ron DeSantis’ effort to call a convention of ...

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    By the time Paulsen revisited this idea in 2011, the number of states calling for a convention had dropped from 45 to 33 because of repeals. That’s one less than the 34 required to invoke a ...

  7. Article Five of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    All 33 amendments submitted to the states for ratification originated in Congress. The second method, the convention option, a political tool that Alexander Hamilton (writing in The Federalist No. 85) argued would enable state legislatures to "erect barriers against the encroachments of the national authority," has yet to be invoked. [9]

  8. 'Convention of States' a dangerous, untested effort to ... - AOL

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    Opinion: Given all the unknowns and potential dangers, a constitutional convention poses an unacceptable risk in the current political climate.

  9. State ratifying conventions - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. constitutional amendment process. The convention method of ratification described in Article V is an alternate route to considering the pro and con arguments of a particular proposed amendment, as the framers of the Constitution wanted a means of potentially bypassing the state legislatures in the ratification process.