Constitutional convention (political meeting)

A constitutional convention is a convention where an organization's constitution can be created, revised, or amended.^[1] A general constitutional convention is called to create the first constitution of a political unit or to entirely replace an existing constitution. An unlimited constitutional convention is called to revise an existing constitution. A limited constitutional convention is restricted to revising only a limited area of the current constitution. However, such conventions may decide to go beyond their original authority.^[2] For example, the United States Constitutional Convention of 1787 was supposed to be limited to amending the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they wrote an entirely new constitution.^[2]

1. ↑ "The definition of "constitutional convention", according to Black's Law Dictionary".
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Michael Leachman; David A. Super (16 July 2014). "States Likely Could Not Control Constitutional Convention on Balanced Budget Amendment or Other Issues". Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrieved 9 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)