Mock Article V Convention of States To Be Held in Colonial Williamsburg

Mock Article V Convention of States To Be Held in Colonial Williamsburg

Mock Article V Convention of States To Be Held in Colonial Williamsburg By Barbara Hollingsworth via CNSNews.com – Legislators from 45 states will participate in a simulated Article V Convention of States in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia on September 21-23 to learn how such a convention would work in real life. “We’ve never had an Article V convention in this country, and some people who are not familiar with the process have a lot of questions and concerns about it,” Michael Farris, co-founder of the Convention of States Project, told CNSNews.com. The mock convention “will … [Read more...]

Indiana Becomes 6th State to Call for Article V Convention of States

Indiana Becomes 6th State to Call for Article V Convention of States

This is from 3 weeks ago. I've been too busy to post it but I wanted to add it to our collection of COS articles. Great news!- Alexis Indiana Becomes 6th State to Call for Article V Convention of States Indiana Becomes 6th State to Call for Article V Convention of States By Barbara Hollingsworth Via CNS News- Indiana became the sixth state to pass a resolution calling for an Article V Convention of States to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution that rein-in federal power. Senate Joint Resolution 14 [1], which was passed by the Indiana Senate on February 26, easily cleared the … [Read more...]

Florida Backs Article V Convention for Constitutional Amendment on Congressional Term Limits

Florida Backs Article V Convention for Constitutional Amendment on Congressional Term Limits

Florida Backs Article V Convention for Constitutional Amendment on Congressional Term Limits By Kevin Derby Via Sunshine State News- An effort to establish congressional term limits gained steam this week as Florida became the first state in more than two and a half decades to back a constitutional convention under Article V to solely tackle the subject of federal term limits. On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate backed a memorial from State Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Jacksonville, and Florida Rep. Larry Metz, R-Groveland, supporting an Article V convention on term limits. The memorial passed by … [Read more...]