Sentences with phrase «possibility of a constitutional convention»

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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).

ALBANY — Many supporters of the state referendum to convene a constitutional convention are citing as reason the possibilities to diminish incumbent - friendly campaign finance laws, enact term limits and end gerrymandered districts.

Cuomo's office did not respond to requests for comment around whether Cuomo did indeed mean that closing the LLC loophole would require a constitutional convention and whether he was discounting the possibility of Democratic control of the Senate.

The Rockefeller Institute launched a new, «educational» website about the possibility of a 2017 constitutional convention.