BEWARE: SJR1 by Senator Rapert Is a Call for a Constitutional Convention Barry Goldwater said: “[I am] totally opposed [to a Constitutional Convention]…We may wind up with a Constitution so far different from that we have lived under for two hundred years that the Republic might not be able to continue.” Letter from Chief Justice […]
By Jackie Patru (revised and updated January, 2001) Under article V of the Constitution, our founding fathers established two methods for future generations to add amendments to the Constitution. Under method 1: Two-thirds of both houses of Congresscan propose an amendment, and then three-fourths of the states ratify it… or not. Under method […]