On April 14, 1775, the first organization dedicated to the abolition of slavery in North America was founded in Philadelphia.

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 ...

No president is supposed to serve more than two full terms. That rule became part of the US Constitution in 1951, after ...

Pres. Donald Trump said he is 'not joking' about pursuing a potential third term. There are a couple constitutional caveats ...

On the prospect of a third presidential term, Trump says "There are methods which you could do it." The Constitution says ...

Lawyers for the state and pro-choice advocates squared off before the Wyoming Supreme Court on Wednesday on whether the state ...

The 87th attorney general will only go so far as to say that the 47th president ‘probably’ can’t serve as the 48th.

“If you went back during the debates about ratifying the Constitution, and you would have said that under this Constitution, a district judge would be able to neuter the president’s ability on ...

and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1976), its ambivalence in ratifying the UNCAT is confounding. Articles 51(c), and 253 of the Constitution mandate respect for ...

The Lax Kw’alaams Band Council serves as the elected governing body of the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation, located on the ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- A coalition of Democratic lawmakers reintroduced the Wisconsin Green Amendment Wednesday at the state Capitol. The amendment would enshrine Wisconsinites' right to a clean, safe and ...

The 1920s saw renewed individualism as bankers and financial entrepreneurs speculated wildly with consumer deposits and ...