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Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 1:36pm

“As Republicans prepare to take control of Congress and the White House, among the many scenarios keeping Democrats up at night is an event that many Americans consider a historical relic: a constitutional convention,” the New York Times reports. “The 1787 gathering in Philadelphia to write the Constitution was the one and only time state representatives have convened to work on the document.” “But a simple line in the Constitution allows Congress to convene a rewrite session if two-thirds of state legislatures have called for one.

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