{"id":2217,"date":"2025-11-19T16:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/?post_type=press&p=2217"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:15:23","slug":"massachusetts-rescinds-dangerous-article-v-convention-calls","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press\/massachusetts-rescinds-dangerous-article-v-convention-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Rescinds Dangerous Article V Convention Calls"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2217","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Following calls from good government, labor, and reproductive rights groups, the Massachusetts legislature moved today to protect all American\u2019s constitutional rights by rescinding the state\u2019s previous calls for an Article V constitutional convention. ","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":24},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Boston, MA \u2013<\/span>\u00a0Following calls from good government, labor, and reproductive rights groups, the Massachusetts legislature moved today to protect\u00a0all\u00a0American\u2019s constitutional\u00a0rights\u00a0by rescinding the state\u2019s\u00a0previous\u00a0calls for an Article V constitutional convention.\r\n\r\n\u201cA convention of states would hand the keys to our democracy over to a few wealthy, unelected special interests,\u201d said\u00a0Geoff Foster, Executive Director of Common Cause Massachusetts. \u201cThanks to House Assistant Majority Leader\u00a0Peisch\u00a0and Senate Majority Leader Creem, the legislature has built a vital\u00a0firewall\u00a0by rescinding all prior Massachusetts applications. Their\u00a0timely\u00a0action makes clear that any attempt to twist the Constitution for partisan gain\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0be done in our name.\u201d\r\n\r\n\"The League of Women Voters strongly opposes any call for an Article V constitutional convention unless and until Congress passes legislation to govern how such a convention would proceed.\u00a0\u00a0Right\u00a0now,\u00a0we\u00a0don't\u00a0know how delegates would be chosen and how many delegates there would be, if voting would be by state or by population, if the convention could be limited to specified topics or could consider anything, and many more crucial guidelines.\u00a0\u00a0We therefore\u00a0celebrate\u00a0the state legislature passing\u00a0this joint rescission resolution to prevent Massachusetts from being counted toward a call for a convention,\" said\u00a0Celia Canavan, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts.\r\n\r\n\"We can\u2019t afford to gamble with the constitutional bedrock that guarantees fair pay, safe workplaces, and the right to organize,\" says Chrissy Lynch, President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO.\r\n\r\n\u201cMassachusetts has long led the nation in protecting reproductive freedom \u2014 from codifying abortion rights to passing the strongest shield law in the country. Yet, an outdated and out-of-touch resolution calling for a constitutional convention to ban abortion nationwide threatens to stain this legacy,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Claire\u00a0Teylouni, Interim Co-Executive Director for Reproductive Equity Now.\u00a0\u201cRescinding this antiquated resolution\u2014and all those calling for an Article V Convention\u2014ensures our Commonwealth is not tied to an anti-abortion agenda that fails to reflect who we\u00a0are and\u00a0protects both our values and our rights from being undermined at the national level.\u201d\r\n\r\n\"The U.S. Constitution is our nation's most precious resource, and we should not toy with it,\"\u00a0said Carol Rose, executive director at the ACLU of Massachusetts.\u00a0\"Without rules and guidelines firmly established by Congress, a convention\u00a0of states\u00a0could lead to utter chaos, including the weakening of our civil rights and civil liberties. This is an unacceptable risk, especially when our national politics are so fractious. As a non-partisan organization with over a century of experience defending our most cherished freedoms, the ACLU of Massachusetts strongly supports the rescission of our Commonwealth's outdated Article V applications and the preservation of our constitutional order.\"\r\n\r\nThe joint initiative\u00a0responds to\u00a0concerns that Congress and the Trump Administration can use prior Massachusetts resolutions calling for an Article V constitutional convention to advance their own political agenda. This could have broad and sweeping implications on our current protections under the U.S. Constitution.\r\n\r\nAn Article V Convention is a process outlined in the U.S. Constitution allowing states to propose amendments if two-thirds (34) of the state legislatures call for it. An Article V\u00a0convention could open the entire Constitution to unpredictable changes, as there are no clear guidelines or limitations on what delegates could propose. While an Article V convention has never been called before in American history, there is recent conservative momentum to add up all active resolutions to meet the two-thirds threshold.\r\n\r\nLearn more about Common Cause\u2019s nationwide efforts to stop an Article V convention\u00a0here.<\/a>\r\n

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