The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how ...

Even the United States Constitution is not immune to edits. The document has had plenty of amendments over the years, some granting important rights.

Cyprus has passed a major reform of its justice system, after MPs voted through four new laws including the 21st amendment of the constitution.All MPs present in the House of Representatives backed ...

25th Amendment was proposed to address issues of vacancy and temporary incapacity to serve as U.S. president. This is part of a Constitution series.

The Constitution Amendment Bill divests the National Prosecuting Authority of its power to institute criminal proceedings regarding corruption and organised crime and instead vests these powers in ...

Congress followed Article V of the U.S. Constitution when proposing an amendment that set term limits on U.S. presidents, and the 22nd Amendment became part of the Constitution when it was ...

90 years ago, an 'experiment, noble in motive' was repealed, ending alcohol prohibition The 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition, was enacted Dec. 5, 1933 ...

South Dakota last week became the 38th state to ratify the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thereby making it the law of the land. The operative clause of the new amendment:"The right of ...

The legislative history of the 14th Amendment is clear that it only grants birthright citizenship to the children of people who are legally and permanently living in the United States. This does not ...

Many of today’s problems can be traced back to choices made in drafting the Constitution, choices that are increasingly haunting us.

Iowans will decide this November if the legal voting age and language around citizenship should be changed in the state constitution. The proposed changes are one of two constitutional amendments ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how ...