Commentary: Article 5 Failure and Futility

An Atlanta attorney writes that "Article V’s insuperable barriers notwithstanding, the process for constitutional change ...
Yahoo

Why the Founding Fathers ratified the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution | Opinion

The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution is straightforward. It was the seventh amendment of the Bill of Rights. Those rights were ratified by the states in about two years of the original ...
USA Today

When was the Constitution written? Here's a history lesson on the creation of the Constitution

For over 230 years, the Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States. Before the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation was the ruling document. But it had its problems, ...
Marietta Times

The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Why are presidents limited to two elected terms in office? The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limits the president to two elected terms in office (or for a maximum of 10 ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Congress did not violate the Constitution by passing 22nd Amendment

Congress followed Article V of the U.S. Constitution when proposing an amendment that set term limits on U.S. presidents, and the 22nd Amendment became part of the Constitution when it was ratified by ...
Tennessean

Without compromise, American states would never have ratified the U.S. Constitution

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

This Day in History: Congress submits Articles of Confederation for ratification

Nearly 250 years ago on Nov. 17, 1777, Congress submitted the Articles of Confederation to the states for ratification.
USA Today

President Biden, you vowed to add ratified ERA to our Constitution. Time's up. | Opinion

More than 165 international constitutions include gender equality, and ours should, too. In January 2020, Virginia ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming the final state needed to add about 170 ...
NBC Washington

Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified

President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely to alter a ...
The Nation

Russ Feingold Is Clear: “The ERA Is Part of the Constitution”

The head of the American Constitution Society says President Biden is right: The ratification standard has been met. Former senator (D-WI) Russ Feingold testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations ...
Reuters

Cubans overwhelmingly ratify new socialist constitution

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans have overwhelmingly ratified a new constitution that enshrines the one-party socialist system as irrevocable while instituting modest economic and social changes, according ...