SCR161 is a Senate Concurrent Resolution rescinding New Jersey’s prior resolutions calling on Congress to organize a constitutional convention.
The General Assembly passed SCR161 on December 20, 2021 by a vote of 44 to 21. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because a constitutional convention is not the answer to America’s problems. Though such an event (alternatively termed an Article V convention or a “con-con”) is sometimes supported by well-meaning conservatives, it is preferable to require our elected representatives to adhere to a strict constitutional standard, rather than the Pandora’s Box-like proposition of dismantling the Constitution and starting anew.