On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law ...

This story has been updated to clarify the use of the 14th amendment ... she asked "Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?," in reference to the Supreme ...

Beyond the fact that the 14th Amendment was enacted 92 years after the birth of the United States, the dissenting justices criticized the majority for imposing on the U.S. Constitution “feudal” and ...

17 marks Constitution ... of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and the Independance of the United States ...

As a constitutional amendment, it needs ratification from three-quarters of the states before it’s added to the U.S. Constitution ... deputy archivist of the United States said in a rare ...