The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. This laconic sentence, in the last and ...

With America’s constitution undergoing a stress test, it’s important to revisit and understand its fundamental structure and ...

"Trump may not want to rule out a third term but the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution does," one expert told ABC News.

In any event, three-fourths of the state legislatures must ratify the amendment for it to become a permanent part of the Constitution. Calling for a convention to amend the Constitution might ...

“If you went back during the debates about ratifying the Constitution, and you would have said that under this Constitution, a district judge would be able to neuter the president’s ability on ...

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. Advertisement ...

While Trump has remained silent on how he could accomplish this goal, his supporters claim there are viable pathways to a third term, including ratifying the Constitution. Trump brought up the ...

Along with the Constitution on the broad sheet printed front and back is a letter from George Washington asking for ratification. He acknowledged there would have to be compromise and that certain ...

ERA supporters today, however, claim that Steinem was wrong — that the 1972 ERA is not only still alive, but that Congress can put it in the Constitution simply by recognizing its ratification.

This was done through the passage and ratification of the 22nd Amendment, which became part of the U.S. Constitution in 1951. The key provision of the 22nd Amendment reads as follows ...