constitutional amendment

  1. Amendments proposed at a 1969 Constitutional Convention

    The United States may have come the closest to an Article V Constitutional Convention in 1969 over the issue of reapportionment. Only one more state needed to call for a Convention in order for it to be ratified. Source...
  2. TripleCitizen

    WI: The US Congress Elects the President

    So I was reading about the Constitutional Convention, and I was wondering, what if something more akin to the Virginia Plan was implemented? Where the President has mostly the same powers as OTL, but is elected by the legislature rather than more directly by the electoral college. Keep in mind...
  3. WI: The US Implements a National Primary System

    During the Progressive era, many politicians began to feel the need for a national primary system. Such a system would involve holding all presidential primaries on the same day - as opposed to the current system where the primaries and caucuses are held over a period of many months. In 1915...
  4. Plausible Constitutional Ammendments

    The Us constitution currently has 27 Amendments, including the 10 in the bill of rights. What amendments could reasonably have been passed in addition to these? This does not only include the pending ones, but all other ideas that could have happened. Post 1900 POD's are allowed.
  5. NHBL

    Ending the Electoral College in the late 1860’s

    I’ve been struggling with finding a POD that could eliminate the electoral college in a plausible way. Could the victorious North force through an amendment to abolish the electoral college in the aftermath of the civil war? I haven’t seen any mention of it, but changing the presidential...
  6. 1913 Amendment: One 6-Year Presidential Term

    I read on a few forums that in 1913 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution to limit the Presidency to one, 6-year term (we learn sth new every day :D) If there's anyone out there who can elaborate more on this Amendment, please educate me. Anyway, this Amendment seemed like it...
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