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**Mike Irwin** · January 31, 2009, 08:01 AM

It is my understanding that once issued, a state's call for a Constitutional Convention does not last forever.

It dies with each successive session of the state legislature unless specifically renewed.

There have been, by some counts, over 500 separate state calls for Constitutional Conventions since the adoption of the US Constitution.

Obviously a call from, say, Tennessee in 1895 isn't going to be used to support the 34-state requirement in 2008.

January 31, 2009, 08:01 AM	#4
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	It is my understanding that once issued, a state's call for a Constitutional Convention does not last forever. It dies with each successive session of the state legislature unless specifically renewed. There have been, by some counts, over 500 separate state calls for Constitutional Conventions since the adoption of the US Constitution. Obviously a call from, say, Tennessee in 1895 isn't going to be used to support the 34-state requirement in 2008.