Constitution Drafting Project News Today

The next wave of constitutional amendments is more than a few years out, but it will arrive sooner than we think (we are late in the gap between such waves,

Courts have reduced complex discussions about constitutional rights into zero-sum conflicts, says Professor Jamal Greene.

Lifetime appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court would end, under a proposal unveiled Monday by conservative, progressive, and libertarian constitutional scholars. Supreme Court justices would serve staggered 18-year terms moving forward. The change to Supreme Court tenure stood out among a set of five proposed constitutional amendments prepared for the National Constitution Center.

A conservative movement that cannot elect good lawmakers is unlikely to control an Article V Convention of the States.