More than a dozen joint resolutions that could send constitutional amendments to a vote of the people have moved past a key ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia might not step into Virginia's redistricting fight for the same reason the U.S. Supreme Court ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.

DES MOINES — Iowans would be able to start the process of amending the state’s Constitution — removing the need for state lawmakers to take the first steps — under a proposal introduced this week by ...

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 years ago today. Born of Reconstruction, it was hotly debated by Northern ...

It was a long grueling day of legal debate for a group of around a dozen Queens high school students last week, as they were given the unique chance to introduce and defend their own constitutional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statewide coalition wants to put an end to what its members see as the Missouri Legislature’s penchant for overturning laws ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa's Nov. 3 ballot includes a statewide referendum asking Iowans if they want to call a state ...