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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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    This is a list of known applications made to the United States Congress by the state legislatures for a Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution under Article V of the Constitution which provides in pertinent part:

  4. Constitutional Convention (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. [1] Although the convention was intended to revise the league of states and first system of government under the Articles of Confederation, [2] the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new ...

  5. A year after Newsom called for constitutional amendment on ...

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    Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a constitutional convention of the states to adopt national gun safety restrictions last June. California is still the only state on board with his plan.

  6. Article Five of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    After being officially proposed, either by Congress or a national convention of the states, a constitutional amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths (38 out of 50) of the states. Congress is authorized to choose whether a proposed amendment is sent to the state legislatures or to state ratifying conventions for ratification. Amendments ...

  7. Taking sides: Where do RI leaders stand on constitutional ...

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    The two major parties, with some exceptions, have lined up on either ends of the question -- Republicans for it and Democrats against it.

  8. 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.

  9. Top California Democrat: rescind Newsom’s call for US ... - AOL

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    Two-thirds, or 34, state legislatures must call for a constitutional convention for one to commence, and three-quarters, or 38 states, would have to ratify any constitutional changes produced by a ...