A Brief History.” Professor Jack Rakove talked about some of the issues debated during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, such as the number of representa… read more Professor Jack Rakove ...

Are they right to be concerned? 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 ...

shall call a convention for proposing amendments.” Throughout the nation’s history, 27 changes have been made to the Constitution by another grindingly arduous route, with amendments ...