There has been a coordinated, dangerous, and misguided effort to alter the U.S. Constitution through an Article V Convention. Special interest groups are attempting to use this provision to force Congress to authorize a convention to rewrite the Constitution. To force a convention, 34 states must apply to Congress to call one. As some states have rescinded their applications and others have resisted passing them, proponents of an Article V convention have begun to advocate combining applications passed over the past half-century that seek a Balanced Budget Amendment with six applications states passed more than a century ago to address entirely separate concerns. This once-fringe legal theory gained traction by endorsement from former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and is now mainstream. Pro-convention advocates are counting an application from New York-- which was passed in 1789-- in addition to other plenary applications from New Jersey, Illinois, Washington and Oregon in their effort to rewrite the U.S. Constitution.

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Introductory Remarks by:

Russ Feingold, ACS President 

Featuring:

Wilfred Codrington, Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School and Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice;

Aziz Huq, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School and Member, ACS National Board of Directors;

Carolyn Shapiro, Professor of Law and ACS Faculty Advisor at Chicago Kent College of Law and Member, ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter Board of Advisors;

David Super, Professor of Law and Economics, Georgetown Law

Moderated by:

Kate Snyder, Article V Campaign Coordinator

This event is presented by the American Constitution Society.

Event time is 7 p.m - 8 p.m ET, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. CT