This convention, therefore, voted in an overwhelming majority to work in the Legislature of 1917 for the calling of a constitutional convention.
The General Assembly of 1917 was carefully selected to pass the Prohibition Amendment and was known to be favorable to the calling of a constitutional convention.
Meantime the Governor called an extra session of the Legislature, and made provision for a Constitutional Convention; but these measures were set aside by the proclamation of President Johnson, on June 13th, appointing William L.
Constitutional Convention 1787 provided that amendments be ratified by three-fourths State Legislatures, State Constitutions may not violate United States Constitution for this is supreme Law.
But twelve states[A] hold no constitutional conventions; in Maryland conventions are twenty years apart and in many other states it is as difficult to call a constitutional convention as to revise the Constitution by amendment.
In New York, in 1915, the question was submitted to the voters as to whether a constitutional convention should be called.
As a constitutional convention was in session, and there was an effort being made to have an amendment for woman suffrage submitted to a vote of the people, greater interest was felt in all that was said at this convention.
This was effected under encouragement given by President Lincoln, through the medium of a Constitutional convention, which met at New Orleans in April, 1864, and adjourned in July.
Similarly a constitutional convention is urged or numerous constitutional amendments are proposed in six other states.
He said: "I urge upon you very earnestly indeed the need and demand for a Constitutional Convention.
The subject under consideration was the calling of a constitutional convention.
This being done the resolution to submit the question of a constitutional convention to the people was passed by a bare two-thirds vote in each house.
The voters of the state thus had what was in effect an indirect veto on all legislative acts--a power which they might exercise through a subsequent legislature or constitutional convention.
A correspondent of the Boston Congregationalist, in a letter from New York, tells us, "A Constitutional Convention is to be held shortly in this State, and we expect to see universal suffrage adopted.
New York held a Constitutional Convention, Michigan a Commission, and Kansas submitted the proposition of woman suffrage to a vote of her people.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "constitutional convention" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
