Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 25th Amendment ...

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the Preamble through the 27th Amendment. There are multiple passages he has ...

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance ... Trump’s first-term Cabinet considered invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from power.

But sometimes, things that the writers of the Constitution left out can only be solved by amending the document. Such is the case with the 25th Amendment, which was ratified on February 10 ...

“That’s a great thing about our country and in the Constitution ... Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. IN HIS INAUGURATION speech Donald Trump promised that, in his administration, “we will not forget our ...

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Outgoing President Joe Biden has thrown his weight behind an effort to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment part of the United States Constitution. Friday’s announcement was the latest in a ...

The move has proven controversial and has already provoked fear among many expectant couples within the United States ... made to the Constitution, does require an amendment.

The purpose of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment — which begins, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States ...