These proposals sought to change the United States' name, abolish the presidency and the vice presidency, and set a limit on ...

14th Amendment, Section 1 The 14th Amendment, adopted in 1868, says that “all persons born or naturalized in the United ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." ...

Students will examine the importance of Constitution Day. Students will research why the Constitution was necessary and ...

The federal government has finally recognized the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ushering in a whole new era for gender parity in this country. A large crowd of ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state ...

This week marks the anniversary of women getting the right to vote. That was codified as the 19 th amendment to the Constitution on August 26 th, 1920. But the status of another amendment remains ...