Debate over voting protocols dominated Wednesday’s session of the Sixth Constitutional Convention. The Human Rights Committee ...

A walk through a cemetery leads to lessons in history, compromise, and why the Constitution still holds the key to unity.

"In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter," says civil rights attorney Damon ...

Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 190th day of 2025. There are 175 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship ...

Conservatives in South Carolina first attempted to defeat the state’s new post-Civil War constitution by appealing to the federal government they had fought three years prior. A petition was submitted ...

They schemed to prevent a constitutional convention in the first place, protested to federal authorities, and used terrorism, cold-blooded murder, and economic coercion to prevail in the 1868 ...

We know this because conservatives and Democrats never gave the 1868 constitution or the Republican Party a chance. They schemed to prevent a constitutional convention in the first place, protested to ...

Elias: Constitutional convention? Why exactly open Pandora’s box? Whether at the state or federal level, such a gathering would be a delight for people who like to tinker with or brainstorm ...

It’s best not to confront questions like this at all, since the lack of existing rules could mean that decisions would be made by the loudest among us, rather than the wisest.

Indiana lawmakers voted to join a chorus of states calling for a constitutional convention to propose an amendment adding term limits to Congress.

Democratic California state Sen. Scott Wiener this week filed legislation to recall all of the state's requests for a U.S. constitutional convention.

Unlike the amendment approach, a Con-Con opens up the whole Constitution to be rewritten as the convention delegates decide. | Opinion ...