First introduced in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements for ratification. But its constitutionality is still an open question.
Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is in its second edition. The interactive online version reflects this current edition. The United States Constitution is America’s most fundamental legal ...
Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in ...