When the States have ratified the proposed amendment, then it becomes part of the Constitution. One or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by Congress…” to the states. Paul G. Summers ...

The following is a series of questions prompted by the publication of Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone’s “The Free Speech Century” (Oxford University Press, 2019). As Justice Oliver Wendell ...

Reviewed by Erika Rasure. ... The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed by Congress on Sept. 25, 1789, ... Constitution of the United States. "First Amendment." ...

United States (1973), the Supreme Court ruled that a history of the Vietnam War known as the “Pentagon Papers” did not reveal critical information that would endanger lives in battle.

There is one person whose job it is to certify new amendments to the Constitution—the keeper of the Constitution, if you will—and that person is the United States archivist, the civil servant ...

How long does it take to ratify a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution? The First and 27th amendments had very different paths.

In the United States, freedom of expression, artistic and otherwise, is ultimately governed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment ...

The Constitution was drafted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and signed on Sep. 17, 1787 by 39 representatives from 12 states, including George Washington, who would become the first president ...

We have 27 Amendments to the United States Constitution. ... Unlike the first 10 amendments, the amendment was not ratified together with the 10 Bill of Rights. In May 1992, ...

We have 27 amendments to the United States Constitution. ... Unlike the first 10 amendments, the amendment was not ratified together with the 10 Bill of Rights. In May 1992, ...