We finished our study of Article IV of the U. S. Constitution. We shall now delve into Article V of the Constitution’s seven Articles. Article V deals with the amendment process. Article V ...

The Senate of the United States shall be com­posed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.The electors in each State shall ...

The text of the substantive clause of the Equal Rights Amendment is so simple, it fits on a T-shirt: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by ...

Earlier this week, Virginia’s legislature voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), clearing the 38-state threshold to place the amendment in the U. S. Constitution. That may not happen ...

But the Constitution doesn’t afford the president any role in the amendment process; unlike regular laws, constitutional changes do not go to his desk for a signature or veto.

The House this week will pass a Democratic resolution praising the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which gives defendants the rights to a speedy trial and legal counsel. But the GOP-led House ...

The second way to propose an amendment is by two-thirds “…of the several States,” which “…call a Convention for proposing Amendments….” The first process is by far the more popular.