Wisconsin Joins Call For Constitutional Convention

Clip: Season 1600 Episode 1619 | 6m 47sVideo has Closed Captions | CC

WPR’s Shawn Johnson discusses the legislature’s call for a constitutional convention.

The state legislature passed a resolution this week calling for a national convention to add a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Wisconsin is, by some measures, the 28th of the 34 states needed to trigger a convention, a process not used since the Constitution's ratification in 1787. WPR's Shawn Johnson discusses how the vote came about, and what the implications may be.

11/10/2017

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