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

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 ...

"There is one amendment that America badly needs, and the good news is that it could pass immediately if any effort were put ...

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 ...

Philanthropists worry about false positives – grants that don’t pan out in the way they had hoped and planned, or, even worse, that do more harm than good. In my time as a funder, I certainly extended ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — While many laws passed during the legislative session take effect immediately or within a year, some legislation takes multiple years to go into effect. The legal change that ...

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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