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Our constitution has been amended only 27 times in its 236 years of existence. It is very hard to change. In fact, the U.S. Constitution, among all national constitutions, is the most difficult to ...

The left, fuming over the Supreme Court’s conservative majority and its commitment to the plain text of the confounded Constitution, is mounting a new push against originalism. That’s judicial jargon ...

A Republican lawmaker is proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would enable Donald Trump to run for a third term in the White House. Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee announced on Thursday, ...

A national movement to launch a convention and amend congressional term limits into the Constitution is gaining momentum in Indiana. Consecutive legislative attempts failed to get past the committee ...

Philanthropists worry about false positives – grants that don’t pan out in the way they had hoped and planned, or, even worse, that do more harm than good. In my time as a funder, I certainly extended ...

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.

If you didn’t know there was something to vote for this November, now you do. Early voting began Monday and ends October 31. (Go in costume, please.) There are 17 proposed amendments to the Texas ...

Proposals to Amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont The Vermont General Assembly is proposing voters amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont. Proposal 3 has passed two successive ...

Article V of the Constitution requires Congress to call a convention to propose and pass amendments if two-thirds of states, ...

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