Our constitution has been amended only 27 times in its 236 years of existence. It is very hard to change. In fact, the U.S. Constitution, among all national constitutions, is the most difficult to ...

A new law making it harder to amend the state constitution is the subject of a legal challenge just days after the governor signed the bill. Florida Decides Healthcare, the advocacy group that filed ...

The left, fuming over the Supreme Court’s conservative majority and its commitment to the plain text of the confounded Constitution, is mounting a new push against originalism. That’s judicial jargon ...

A deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment expired in 1982, but some states ratified it afterward. Some scholars argue the deadline is unconstitutional. Other legal experts said the ...

Imagine voters in Florida approving the right to clean water, a higher minimum wage, the personal use of marijuana by adults, rate reductions on auto and property insurance, even prayer in schools.

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 years ago today. Born of Reconstruction, it was hotly debated by Northern ...

I. Devising the amending process.-- II. The amending process and the development of the Constitution.-- III. Implications of the amending process.-- Appendix A. The Constitution of the United States ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Senate adopted a proposal Monday that could give fewer people the right to bail as their cases go through the judicial process. If the resolution passes, it would ...