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Federal Constitutional Convention:

Federal Constitutional Convention: see Constitutional Convention.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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Con-con movement returns: some proponents of a federal constitutional amendment to protect traditional marriage are considering calling for a dangerous constitutional convention to accomplish their goal.(CONSTITUTION CORNER) (The New American)

Con-con agenda out in the open: single-issue constitutional conventions have been repeatedly proposed as the answer to solve federal failings. Now convention proponents are issuing calls for wholesale remaking of the Constitution.(CONSTITUTION CORNER) (The New American)

Sherman's great compromise: Roger Sherman's brilliant proposal saved the 1787 Constitutional Convention from a hopeless deadlock and safeguarded against centralization of power at the federal level.(History--Greatness Of The Founders) (The New American)

Why Not a Constitutional Convention? (Letters to the Editor). (The New American)

Letting 'We the People' speak. (having a second constitutional convention) (The New Leader)

Calling for a constitutional convention. (National Review)

The Constitutional Convention: the republican model. (Canberra Constitutional Convention) (Quadrant)

States, activists promote constitutional convention.(includes related article) (Insight on the News)

The tortoise is thinking of moving; Europe's convention.(Europe's constitutional convention gets down to business)(European Union) (The Economist (US))

Constitutional convention marks golden anniversary of the UAW. (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) (Monthly Labor Review)

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