Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Rob Natelson
“A ‘call’ to an interstate convention is an invitation for state representatives to meet at a particular time and place to discuss prescribed issues. During the Founding Era, convention calls were issued by the Continental and Confederation Congresses, by prior conventions and — most frequently — by individual states. Who gets the credit for calling the most important convention of all — the gathering that drafted our U.S. Constitution? Writers most often claim the Confederation Congress did, citing its resolution of February 21, 1787. However, the honor also has been claimed for the New Jersey legislature, the Virginia legislature, and the 1786 Annapolis Convention. Ironically, the most common assertion — that Congress called the convention — is the most obviously wrong.” (10/06/25)