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 ...

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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.