The ratification of the Treaty of Paris stemmed ... according to the National Constitution Center. That same month, the Continental Congress approved the preliminary peace treaty and sent it ...

Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has ...

Outgoing President Joe Biden announced today that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) met ratification requirements and is now the official 28th amendment to the Constitution—a ...

Politics / The head of the American Constitution Society says President Biden is right: The ratification standard has been met. John Nichols Few elected leaders in American history have been so ...

Under the Constitution, however ... first proposed more than a century ago and has taken a circuitous route to ratification. It easily passed both houses of Congress with the required two-thirds ...

Nearly 225 years after the ratification of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the cause of conscience protected by the principles of “no establishment” and “free exercise” may be losing ...

In 2023, Congress attempted to remove the deadline to clear the way for ratification, but the measure fell short of the 60-vote threshold in the Senate. The U.S. Constitution currently recognizes ...

The primary objection raised by critics, that the time limit for ratification has passed, cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny. The Constitution itself is silent on time limits for amendments.