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.

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled a nationwide ban on handgun sales to young adults is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found a ...

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices on petitions against the 26th Constitutional Amendment, formation a full court and live broadcast of the court proceedings. An eight-member ...

The Constitution’s 14th Amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State whe ...

Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from ...

Iraq's parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...

It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution plays a critical role in supporting some of our ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Virginia State Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, listens to debate during the Senate session at the Capitol on ...

The key amendments are as follows: Human rights modification: The decree allows children of Kuwaiti women from Arab countries to permanently own the real estate they inherit from their mothers. This ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's Democratic-led Senate on Tuesday passed constitutional amendments on abortion and voting rights that were quickly lambasted by Republicans who could use the ...

held on July 19 and 20, 1848. Over 300 men and women attended. Over a hundred years ago, on December 14, 1923, a proposed amendment first came before the United States Congress. It read in its ...