Due process is vital to a functioning democracy. It ensures fairness and prevents unreasonable government action by requiring the government to follow established legal procedures before depriving ...

The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution bars the federal government from imposing excessive bail and fines and prohibits the inflicting of cruel and unusual punishments.

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by ...

Even the United States Constitution is not immune to edits. The document has had plenty of amendments over the years, some granting important rights.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. The Tenth Amendment expresses the ...

Ohio lawmakers are moving to amend a portion of the state’s constitution that permits slavery as a form of punishment for ...

Mr. HENDRICKS offered an amendment exempting the heads of executive departments, Judges of United States Courts and Members of Congress during their term of service, which was rejected.

In it, Tribe wrote, “My conclusion as a constitutional scholar is that the ERA is currently a valid part of the United States Constitution, that Congress should act concurrently to recognize it ...

Here's the abstract: Whether the Equal Rights Amendment is— right now —part of the Constitution is a matter of serious dispute. Thirty-eight states have sought to ratify the ERA, several of ...

How Business Insider investigated the state of the Eighth Amendment We analyzed nearly 1,500 cases to obtain data on prisoner litigation. We found that constitutional protections have been ...

It is part of a series of nearly 70 educational documentaries about the Constitution of the United States available on Annenberg Classroom, which provides free materials to inform the public about ...

State Powers In the Tenth Amendment, the Constitution also recognizes the powers of the state governments. Traditionally, these included the “police powers” of health, education, and welfare.