On this day 160 years ago, the United States of America ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, immortalizing a self-evident principle that ...

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

Madison, Wisconsin, Nov. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...

Three-fourths of U.S. states have ratified the amendment, and many argue it is the 28th Amendment to the Constitution; Women’s Equality Day serves as a reminder of the amendment’s importance. A ...

The head of the American Constitution Society says President Biden is right: The ratification standard has been met. Few elected leaders in American history have been so devoted for so long to the US ...

A signed copy of the U.S. Constitution, one of 100 sent to the states ahead of their vote to ratify it in 1788, is being sold by Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, later this month. The ...

Once again, Democrats are pushing to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. They’re beating a dead horse. Over the years, more than 1,100 resolutions proposing an Equal Rights Amendment have been ...

A statue of Elizabeth Freeman is unveiled in Sheffield, Massachusetts. In 1782, Freeman, who was enslaved, successfully sued for her freedom by invoking the Massachusetts Constitution. (Daniel Jackson ...

This is 10th in a series of essays about the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution has seven defining Articles. I have covered the first four in stand-alone essays. This piece combines information from ...

Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board. Even if you are a political junkie, there’s a good chance you didn’t realize that the United States Constitution grew 58 words longer this week. Those ...