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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature is set to deliver on a long-held GOP promise to make it ...

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 ...

The Arkansas Senate voted down a bill Wednesday evening that would require a 67% popular vote for passage of constitutional amendments, a change that would make it all but impossible for Arkansans to ...

Should the House also pass it ― which is expected ― the General Assembly will then push the question to Hoosier voters on ...