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 U.S. Constitution is ...
The first ten Amendments to the Constitution protect all of the basic freedoms of Americans and are known as the Bill of Rights. The most famous are perhaps the first, second and fifth Amendments.
United States (1973), the Supreme Court ruled that ... Therefore, newspapers were free to publish these documents. The Second Amendment links the right to bear arms and “the security of a ...
The 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits a president from serving more than two terms. Because Trump will serve his second term over the next four years, he will not be permitted to ...