Ben Sheehan explains what happened at the first Convention and if the U.S could have another. You probably learned about the original Constitutional Convention (the one from 1787) in history class.

This is the first of two reports on the 1968 Hawaiʻi Constitutional Convention. This is the first of two programs titled Hawaiʻi Report about the 1968 Constitutional Convention produced by Hawaii ...

Sept. 17 marked Constitution Day, grounded in a federal law commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. As explained by the courts of Maryland, "By law, all educational ...

Dr. Lepore is a professor of history and law at Harvard and the author of “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” In 2016, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, read James Madison’s ...

Two of California’s last three governors have wanted to help organize and promote constitutional conventions, either on the state or federal level. They’ve both been dangerously wrong about this.

This Constitution Day, which marks the 238 th anniversary of the adjournment of the Constitutional Convention, is also a dispiriting moment to dread how the nation will celebrate its ...

There were 11 women delegates from both political parties who served during Michigan's 1961 Constitutional Convention. Next year, Michigan voters will weigh in on whether the state should hold a ...

The Ohio GOP appears to be lining up behind the idea of a constitutional convention, with resolutions introduced in both the Ohio House and Senate. No more birthright citizenship, anyone? But a new ...

Stock photo from Getty Images. Ohio is one of the states where legislators are pushing for conventions that could make constitutional amendments related to term limits and other issues, but advocates ...