Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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NATIONAL CONVENTIONS have had a habit of running wild--the idea of a people assembled has historically given them an aura of political legitimacy. A national assembly toppled the ancien regime in France, and it was a national convention to revise the Articles of Confederation that decided 200 years ago...
State legislators across the country are now clamoring for a convention to propose a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget, and liberal oracles everywhere warn it would entangle the branches of government in a messy constitutional conflict. The convention method of amending the Constitution has remained unused ever since...
While politicians of both parties scramble to show how austere they can be, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress generally oppose a convention--they would rather keep control of the amendment process themselves. The pressure for a convention comes chiefly from Republican state legislators, and all but five of the...
THE CONTROVERSY over the convention splits into two separate issues--whether a balanced-budget amendment is wise in the first place, and whether an Article V convention is a safe way to propose one. On both questions, the lines form predictably between liberals and conservatives. Convention supporters argue for a...
Murder at the ABA (Doubleday, $7.95 hardcover; Fawcett, $1.75 paperback). At a convention of the American Booksellers Association, a bestselling young novelist named Giles Devore is found dead in his hotel room. The only one who suspects foul play is Author Darius Just, and he must work his way through...