The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified following vigorous national debate on this day in history, Dec. 15, 1791. Their passage came ...

A deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment expired in 1982, but some states ratified it afterward. Some scholars argue the deadline is unconstitutional. Other legal experts said the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution is straightforward. It was the seventh amendment of the Bill of Rights. Those rights ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A judge has ruled that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) cannot be added ...

On May 23,rd 1988, on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina, the South Carolina General Assembly processed from St. Michael’s Church to the Exchange Building to mark the bicentennial of South ...

Erik J. Chaput teaches in the School of Continuing Education at Providence College and at Western Reserve Academy. He is the author of "The People’s Martyr: Thomas Wilson Dorr and His 1842 Rhode ...

Dec. 16 (UPI) --A group of more than 120 House Democrats signed a letter asking President Joe Biden to call on the U.S. archivist to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S ...

For more than two centuries, amendments have allowed our Constitution to grow with the country. The 13th Amendment, for instance put an end to slavery, while the 19th gave women the vote. It was ...

This blog post was authored by Anna Shortridge, research associate for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. One hundred years ago today, U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby ...

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 of ...