Lawmakers are backing a proposal for a constitutional amendment to dock the pay of federal legislators when there is a government shut down ...

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has been regarded as the most important amendment as part of the Bill of Rights because it helps pave the way for democracy to function. The five ...

14th Amendment, Section 1 The 14th Amendment, adopted in 1868, says that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United ...

The entire document is open to the public at the National Archives through Oct. 9. Visitors expressed pride seeing it — and concerns about the nation’s future.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The mid- air was hot and humid as delegates from twelve of the thirteen states convened at the ...

Making amendments possible again would not weaken the Constitution — it would save it. It would remind us that the document ...

Barring any last minute change, the National Assembly will resume sitting today, after a two-month annual recess which began on July 23, 2025.Senators and House of Representatives members would ...

Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana is widely credited with drafting the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified ...

Sept. 25, 1789, the first U.S. Congress approved 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them off to the states for ...