Ten years ago in a public conversation, journalist Marvin Kalb asked the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia what he would…
On June 13, 1866, the House approved a Senate-proposed version of the 14th Amendment, sending it to the states for approval. Two…
On December 5, 1933, three states voted to repeal Prohibition, putting the ratification of the 21st Amendment into place. But did…
On March 29, 1961, Ohio and Kansas voted to ratify the Constitution’s 23rd Amendment. Today, that amendment remains obscure and…
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…
It was on this day in 1967 that two states, Nevada and Minnesota, made the Constitution's 25th amendment a reality, clearing up…
The National Constitution Center recently conducted a fascinating exercise in which it brought together three groups to produce…
Former vice president Aaron Burr usually isn’t credited as a Founding Father, but there is one instance where Burr directly…
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution that would rescind the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights…
The ERA remains caught up in the surprisingly unsettled question of the process of adding a proposed amendment to the…
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