Is the U.S. Constitution about to change? Professor David Marcus lays out why some states are calling for a constitutional convention to introduce amendments. And Professor David Robertson delves into the history behind this founding document.

For More on This Topic

• Read Dave Robertson’s book, The Original Compromise: What the Constitution’s Framers were Really Thinking
• Checkout David Marcus’s blog post, “misguided-article-v-convention.html">The Misguided Article V Convention”

Further Reading

• Why U.S. Conservatives Shape Legislation across the Fifty States Much More Effectively than Liberals, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University, Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
• How The Roberts Court Undermines U.S. Democracy, Stephen E. Gottlieb, Albany Law School