Research topic:Constitutional Convention

Pictures from Google Image Search

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Find more facts and information on our topic page about Constitutional Convention

Federal Constitutional Convention

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Federal Constitutional Convention see Constitutional Convention .

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

"Federal Constitutional Convention." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 6 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Federal Constitutional Convention." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 6, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-FedConC.html

"Federal Constitutional Convention." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 06, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-FedConC.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Constitutional conventions and election campaigns.
Magazine article from: Canadian Parliamentary Review; 9/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...constitutional convention by signing...general nature of constitutional conventions and discusses...how important conventions can be, even...government, a constitutional convention now nullifies...nullified by convention That is an...of viewing constitutional ...
Indexing the South Dakota constitutional conventions: a 21st century solution to a 125 year old problem.
Magazine article from: South Dakota Law Review; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...drafting body" are the Constitutional Conventions of 1883, 1885, and 1889...gather momentum. In 1883 a Constitutional Convention drafted a constitution...The journal of the 1883 Constitutional Convention survives and...
A constitutional convention could shake up state
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/29/2002; ; 700+ words ; Capitol Week A constitutional convention could shake up state...Wisconsin has held just two constitutional conventions. The first convention in 1846, which had...attempt to convene a constitutional convention. In 1866...
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)
Magazine article from: The New American; 9/4/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...pesky advocates of a constitutional convention. Following defeat of a federal constitutional amendment in the...by Congress or a convention, become part of...Proponents of constitutional conventions point to the f
Constitutional Convention needs to allow for discussion, input from tribal members
Newspaper article from: Ojibwe News, The; 4/20/2001; ; 604 words ; ...accomplished in a two-day convention are the procedures...to attend the next Constitutional Convention. The more, the better. At least two conventions per year. In three...chairmen. By then, our Constitutional Conventions should...
Illinois needs a constitutional convention to advance reform
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 11/1/2008; 676 words ; ...decide whether to call a constitutional convention to consider reform amendments...voters have used state constitutional conventions to break political stalemates...provision calling for a constitutional convention referendum every 20...
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)
Magazine article from: The New American; 12/11/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...state ratifying conventions, the mode of...entailing a constitutional convention, is initiated...must call a constitutional convention upon...drafted by such a convention would then be...special state conventions--for ratification...Congress to call a convention for ...
San Francisco group proposes constitutional convention to solve state's ills
Newspaper article from: Whittier Daily News; 4/25/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...on an actual convention. Despite the...endorsed the plan, constitutional conventions haven't been...the idea of a constitutional convention. Once you open...California Constitutional Convention facts...
Let the issue be debated in Constitutional Convention
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 10/29/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Question 3, the proposed constitutional amendment lifting the mandatory...first drafted in 1950, the Constitutional Convention delegates, made up of...delegates to the last two Constitutional Conventions, in 1968 and 1978, specifically...
ASSEMBLYWOMAN GALEF CALLS ON COLLEAGUES TO PASS LEGISLATION FOR STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BEFORE 2017
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/25/2009; 700+ words ; ...dire need of a constitutional convention. "Our legislative...Opponents to past constitutional conventions have succeeded...reservations about a convention run by elected...delegates to a state constitutional convention...

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

Constitutional Convention, European
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Constitutional Convention, European A forum convened in...with a brief to devise a draft constitutional makeup of the EU. This was to...European States). The convention's constitutional brief reflected the fact that through...
Constitutional Convention
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Constitutional Convention in U.S. history, the 1787 meeting...States was drawn up. The Road to the Convention The government adopted by the Thirteen...upshot was the calling of a general convention of the states to discuss commercial...
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Constitutional Convention of 1787. By...adjournment neared, the convention considered and rejected...a follow‐up convention to consider amendments...that adoption by nine state conventions would establish the Constitution...The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 , 3 vols., ...
Federal Constitutional Convention
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Federal Constitutional Convention see Constitutional Convention .
Monarchy, Constitutional
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...whereas the position of constitutional monarchs is more the product...largely governed by unwritten constitutional conventions. Belgium, Denmark, the...Sweden are leading examples of constitutional monarchies in Western Europe...

Related research topics

For students and teachers!

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: