This week marks the anniversary of women getting the right to vote. That was codified as the 19 th amendment to the Constitution on August 26 th, 1920. But the status of another amendment remains ...
A two-term maverick House legislator said voters should be asked if they wish to change the Constitution to allow the ...
In the early 1970s, buoyed by bipartisan support, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex. A rush of state ratifications ...
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the ...
Lawmakers are calling on President Trump's cabinet and Congress to boot him from office using a never-before-invoked ...
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 ...
Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison advocating a Bill of Rights: "Half a loaf is better than no bread. If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can." Congress shall make no law ...
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The community is invited to the exclusive Wilmington premiere of the historical documentary ‘The American Constitution.’ Officials with New Hanover County say the ...