Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their ...

Caroline Kennedy isn’t holding back. In a scathing letter to senators, she warns that her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dangerous and unfit for office—going as far as calling him a predator.

I would like to refer you to the inception of the need to incorporate the 13th Amendment creating nine Provincial Councils including the temporary merger of the Northern and Eastern Provinces in the ...

A Republican congressman has introduced an amendment to the Constitution that would allow President Donald Trump to seek a third term in office, arguing that it will ensure “we can sustain the bold ...

Ewan Palmer is a Newsweek News Reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on US politics, domestic policy and the courts. He joined Newsweek in February 2018 after spending several ...

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow President Trump to serve a third term so the country “can sustain the bold leadership [it] so desperately needs.” ...

and that the only way of adding it is for another amendment to the same effect to be proposed and ratified. In other words, despite having attracted ratifications from thirty-eight different ...

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The 22nd Amendment currently bars anyone from being elected to more than two terms. Trump "has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation's decay and ...