Trends: Second Convention of States

What is it? When is it? What does it mean?

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There has been a growing movement building since 2013. A movement that can shape our nation and its sovereign States to our most fundamental core – a movement to modify our Constitution through the debate and Ratification of new Constitutional Amendments.

Enshrined within Article V of the US Constitution, the power to call a Convention of States rests within the Legislatures of each State, requiring passage by 34 States to Convene and Ratification by 38 States to be included within the Constitution as a recognized legal amendment(s).

Overview
The Convention of States is a very important power in our Great Republic for exercising State Power over Federal Excesses through the imposition of limitations as required or proposed.

To pass a Constitutional Amendment, one of two processes must occur:

Congress must Draft and Pass the Amendment and seek Ratification by a majority of the States, or

Articles of Resolution must pass in two-thirds (2/3) of State Legislatures within the Union to call a Convention.

Therein, a Convention can Convene to attempt a draft of Amendments.

Whereas the power exists within the Constitution for States to call a Convention, this process has only been performed by the States in one instance, considered the 'First Convention of States' which occurred after the 1777 drafts to Ratify the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union" which came into force on March 1st, 1781.

The United States Constitution later superseded this document on March 4th, 1789.

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Since 1787, Congress has been the significant applicant for Amendments, having passed 33 Amendments in that time, with Ratification and Inclusion in the Constitution of 27 of those proposals, with one Amendment Repealed (The 18th – Prohibition of Alcohol, Repealed by the 21st Amendment). The most recent addition is the 27th Amendment of the Constitution, which also took the longest to pass. Originally envisioned in 1789 and later Ratified by these States in 1992 (Over 200 Years).