Professor Jack Rakove talked about some of the issues debated during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, such as the number of representatives for each state and the method of presidential ...

Constitutional convention not needed Tuesday’s E-edition of the Oakland Press contained ... The 1787 Convention was made up of men who had risked their lives and fortunes to support the American ...

Franklin told the 1787 Constitutional Convention that humility was the virtue needed most to succeed. Idaho lawmakers should heed his words. Opinion articles provide independent perspectives ...

Over the past few decades, conservative activists have patiently set their sights on organizing the first constitutional convention since 1787, invoking a never-used provision of the Constitution ...

There has been just one constitutional convention in American history – yes, the one in 1787 when the Founding Fathers wrote the document that still governs the country today.

Opening the State Constitutional Convention. Share full ... that the ordinance of Nov. 21, 1787, is in full ... which parties represent the conflicting elements of the convention.

There is a precedent, after all: The original Constitutional Convention in 1787 was called to amend the Articles of Confederation. The founders instead "abolished the articles" and came up with ...