Constitutional Amendments: Time to Rethink?

A Brennan Center for Justice Symposium

Constitutional Amendments: Time to Rethink?

This academic symposium explores the prospects for amending the Constitution in our time. More than half a century has passed since Congress last proposed a successful amendment. In an era of crippling political polarization and dysfunctional government, the prospect of winning the supermajority support needed to adopt new amendments under the process set forth in the Constitution’s Article V seems remote at best. But what do we lose when we ignore this important means of democratic participation, particularly at a time when other avenues of reform seem foreclosed? 

The day’s discussion will consider the question: Is it time to rethink the pervasive pessimism around new amendments that limits our constitutional imagination?

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