Judge tosses Kansas law requiring supermajorities for constitutional conventions

A federal court in Kansas on Wednesday struck down a provision in the state Constitution that appeared to require a two-thirds supermajority vote for the state legislature to apply for an Article V convention to propose constitutional amendments.

The ruling comes after the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives voted in 2023 to pass Convention of States Action resolutions with simple majorities, which were related to proposing amendments to the United States Constitution. The votes were later deemed a failure because the resolutions did not pass with supermajorities.

State Sen. Mike Thompson and Kansas Rep. Michael Murphy later filed a challenge to the supermajority law.

“This is a great day for everyone who understands how desperately our nation needs the state legislatures to act to rein in D.C,” Convention of States Action Co-Founder and President Mark Meckler said. “The decision also puts to bed conspiracy theorists’ claims that the Article V convention process is some big mystery, and that courts can’t intervene when needed.”

Article V of the United States Constitution places the power to apply for a convention solely in state legislatures.

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