In 1787, delegates from the original 13 states met in Philadelphia and drafted a proposed new basic law for the United States of America. They wanted to replace the grossly inadequate Articles of ...

Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the ...

Philadelphia's National Liberty Museum's unveils free speech exhibit to teach about First Amendment 02:07. The National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia unveiled a new exhibition series that ...

The convention could meet in Philadelphia, where it all began, or perhaps it should be far from the corridors of power, ... A new constitutional convention could only do us good.

This Constitution Day is a great time to revisit the classic story of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia 235 years ago that gave birth to what Winston Churchill called the Great Republic.

Is a new constitutional convention a good idea to tackle questions that have emerged since 1787’s first ... already tempestuous. The Founders, in Philadelphia more than 200 years ago, ...

An Article V convention would look less like the Philadelphia convention of 1787 and more like the Supreme Soviet of 1977. This two-to-one skew might look like a golden opportunity for ...

“I certainly would not want a Constitutional Convention. I mean whoa. Who knows what would come out of that.” — Justice Antonin Scalia, April 17, 2014. Two hundred and thirty-five years ago ...

Election of Delegates to the Philadelphia State Convention. Share full article. March 2, 1868. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Such a convention of states, known as an Article V convention, has never happened in U.S. history since the very first constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787.

The next Constitutional Convention Commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the State House. This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Should RI have ...