And from Maryland, it needed to go back to Europe, according to the National Constitution Center. By Jan. 12, only seven of 13 states were legally represented, according to the Library of Congress.

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 ...

The head of the American Constitution Society says President Biden is right: The ratification standard has been met. Former senator (D-WI) Russ Feingold testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations ...

Benjamin Franklin, upon exiting the Convention, was famously asked what form of government the delegates had given the people, and replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” But first, We the ...

The ratification of the amendment moreover, has been secured without the aid of Mississippi. The name of that State is not mentioned in the proclamation announcing its adoption.

NEW-ORLEANS, Thursday, March 21. The State Convention, to-day, after a lively debate, ratified the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States by a vote of 100 Ayes to 7 Nays.

Dartmouth College economics professor Douglas Irwin talked about the first tariff in U.S. history, after the ratification of the Constitution. This discussion was part of the American Historical ...