Article V Convention

to Propose an Amendment to the US Constitution
Convention facts
    • Almost half of the amendments in our Constitution (including the Bill of Rights) are the result of states beginning the convention process to propose amendments. Only after the states began taking steps to convene a convention did Congress propose the amendments.

    • Conventions have been used by states more than 233 times to amend their state Constitutions.

    • Article V is a core component of the Constitution and it's clear the Framers intended it to be used.

    • Article V is given approximately the same emphasis in the Constitution as the Supreme Court. It is a vital component in the system of checks and balances designed by the Framers.

    • The Framers placed this power with the states because state legislators are closer to The People.

    • It is particularly appropriate to use the convention process for this issue to reaffirm states' rights to govern ourselves. The Federal Government has severely encroached on states' rights by forcing us to let big outside money control our political process.

    • A convention is the deliberative body Congress should be but isn’t any more: a place where ideas are debated and solutions agreed upon. A body that will propose an amendment that will properly address this problem and be ratifiable by 38 states.  

    • Who do you trust more? A convention of citizens, state & local officials or a Congress with 7% approval rating?

    • It is our right and our duty as citizens to use the tools our founding fathers gave us as the safeguard for our representative democracy.

Organizations Working for an Article V Convention

Taking the lead to get legislation for an Article V Convention are organizations such as Wolf-PAC and Rootstrikers...

Just two short  years ago there were no state resolutions calling for an Article V Convention to address corrupting money in politics. In 2014 it is expected that 15 - 20 states will introduce resolutions calling for a convention to propose a Free and Fair Elections Amendment.

Texas is a leader in this effort as the first state to propose the "Wolf-PAC Resolution" in 2013. The first resolution in the nation was authored by Texas Representative Lon Burnam. For more information about the movement for an Article V Convention contact  Todd Jagger, Wolf-PAC state director and member of Texans United to Amend.

Article V Convention call to Overturn Citizens United -

CA Assembly Judiciary Committee Debate of AJR- 1

Published on Apr 4, 2013

This video shows the floor debate and vote to pass California AJR-1 out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 2, 2013. If approved by the full Assembly, it will go on to the State Senate where, if approved, it will constitute an application for a Constitutional Convention. Another resolution passed out of Committee recently in the Minnesota House and Senate. In this video, Assembly Members Dickinson and Garcia were out of the room during the vote, but later voted to approve the measure.

If 34 States pass similar measures, an Article V Convention will be convened to propose Amendments to the US Constitution to overturn Citizens United. Those proposals must be ratified by 38 States, just like any Amendment proposed by Congress.