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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 ...

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 ...

Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether ...

A national movement to launch a convention and amend congressional term limits into the Constitution is gaining momentum in Indiana. Consecutive legislative attempts failed to get past the committee ...

Proposals to Amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont The Vermont General Assembly is proposing voters amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont. Proposal 3 has passed two successive ...

This week marks 238 years since the signing of the U.S. Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The language of the document has been debated ever since. In our first of two conversations ...

Article V of the Constitution requires Congress to call a convention to propose and pass amendments if two-thirds of states, ...

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