Constitutional Convention

Every Illinois County Voted Against The Constitutional Convention

Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

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A Progress Illinois analysis of the 2008 general election results found that every county in the state voted heavily against the proposed 2010 constit...

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Bar Association To Appeal Con-Con Ruling

Associated Press | Posted 11.05.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Bar Association says it will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to examine the process that put a constitutional convention referendum on the ...

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Constitutional Convention Rejected By Voters

Associated Press | Posted 11.05.2008 | Chicago

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Illinois voters decided against a constitutional convention referendum Tuesday, but the question may live on in the courts. With 92 percent of precin...

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Are Citizens 'Too Stupid' For A Constitutional Convention?

SouthtownStar | Kristen McQueary | Posted 10.27.2008 | Chicago

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T here they stood, like an old Archie and Edith. Gov. Jim Edgar and his 1992 gubernatorial opponent, Dawn Clark Netsch, side by side in the Thompson C...

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What the Framers Knew and Alan Greenspan Didn't

Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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The Framers did not ask people to rise above self-interest but instead expected them to pursue it. Pitting interest against interest, as Madison put it, is a way of ensuring liberty.

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Vote NO on a Constitutional Convention

Greg Harris | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago

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If the roof in your house sprung a leak, would you fix the roof or burn down the house and start over? That is essentially the choice Illinois voters will make this year when we decide whether or not to have a constitutional convention.

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Constitutional Convention: Debating The Merits

Illinois Issues | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

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In Illinois, the very first question on the ballot November 4 -- even before the question of who shall be president -- will ask voters whether Illinoi...

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Who Wants A Constitutional Convention?

Gapers Block | Ramsin Canon | Posted 09.17.2008 | Chicago

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The pro and con sides of an unconventional Constitutional Convention controversy lined up, and in a balmy room at the UIC campus, they acted out a pur...

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What Books on America Has Sarah Palin Read?

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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I think that if ABC has another shot at her, or if any other journalists get to spend any time on this uncertain gamble for the second highest office in the land, they should give her a book test.

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The Annapolis Adventure

Terence Smith | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders have committed themselves publicly to begin sustained, face-to-face, bi-lateral negotiations of all the important issues that divide them. The goal is a peace treaty within a year.

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