Sentences with phrase «last constitutional convention»

The last constitutional convention was held in 1967.

The last constitutional convention occurred in 1967, but the constitution hasn't been updated since 1938.

Not exact matches

Franklin's words spoken on the last day of the Constitutional Convention and quoted above express the somewhat somber mood.

What that course was Franklin made clear in his speech on the very last day of the Constitutional Convention, September 17, 1787:

Opponents of holding a constitutional convention have over the last several weeks geared up their opposition to the coming referendum, arguing it could scale back gains made by organized labor, wreck the environment in he Adirondacks and be dominated by monied interest groups.

One possibility, of course, is that the United Kingdom will, at long last, emulate its errant child, the United States, one of whose major 18th century contributions to world constitutionalism was precisely the notion of a formal «constitutional convention» that ostensibly possessed a constituent power to propose radically transformations of the existing political order (even if ratification was in the hands of some other body).

Voters will decide Nov. 7 whether to hold a constitutional convention, which voters have rejected twice since the last convention was held in 1967.

In 1997, the last time New Yorkers voted on a constitutional convention referendum, opponents poured more than $ 750,000 into an advertising and direct mail campaign in the two weeks before voters went to the polls.

Nearly 100 Capital District voters packed the auditorium at the Guilderland Public Library last Tuesday night for a panel discussion titled «Would New York State Benefit from a Constitutional Convention?»

The last time the state held a constitutional convention, Bobby Kennedy was Senator.

The last time a constitutional convention met and voters actually ratified it's result, was 75 years ago.

«Unlike a legislature, a state constitutional convention lasts for only a few months.

DiFiore first convened the panel last year leading up to this November's constitutional convention vote that failed.

The last proposal for the Constitutional Convention was in 1997, when voters reasonably decided against it.

The last time the Constitutional Convention was called was in 1965, and the last time an amendment was passed as a result of the Constitutional Convention was in 1936.

Voters approved the constitutional changes made in the 1938 convention, the last time the event was successful.

Last week, New Yorkers got a peek into the efforts to influence the upcoming question to be put to voters on whether they want to convene a state constitutional convention.

This year, Kolb advocated for a constitutional convention — which was defeated soundly at the polls last month.

The last time New York actually passed amendments proposed by the constitutional convention was 1938 when they voted for six of nine sets of amendments (there were actually 57 amendments but they were organized in nine different questions).

In 1967, the last time New York held a constitutional convention, voters turned down an all - or - nothing package of amendments mainly over one amendment having to do with public support for religious education.

Her group joined other progressive elements in opposing a constitutional convention the last time the vote was held, twenty years ago.

But Miliband's call for a constitutional convention, which would not be completed before next May, endangers the timetable for swift reform he promised last week.

If last month's Siena poll is any guide, the constitutional convention referendum will go down in a landslide.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week said he backs the idea of a constitutional convention, but is skeptical it could be effective in changing state government for the better.

The last state constitutional convention was held in 1967 and all proposed changes that emerged from it were voted down in the general elections that followed.

A Siena College poll released last week shows that 62 percent of voters statewide support having a convention in 2019, at which elected delegates would propose and vote on constitutional amendments.

In 2010, Cuomo as a candidate for governor said in his campaign book that «a constitutional convention offers voters the opportunity to achieve lasting reform in Albany.»

The last thing we need is a Constitutional Convention.

For the last year and a half, delegates to the V.I.'s Fifth Constitutional Convention have been doing just that, racing to meet a May 31 deadline to complete their work.