Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature is set to deliver on a long-held GOP promise to make it harder to change the state constitution. In particular, a measure offered ...

Anti-abortion and pro-abortion people rally outside of the Florida Supreme Court on Feb. 7, 2024, after the oral argument on the proposed amendment to enshrine abortion-rights in the Florida ...

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 years ago today. Born of Reconstruction, it was hotly debated by Northern ...

Column: Americans have known for centuries that our Constitution includes some foundational rights, but does not protect or even recognize them all.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statewide coalition wants to put an end to what its members see as the Missouri Legislature’s penchant for overturning laws ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa's Nov. 3 ballot includes a statewide referendum asking Iowans if they want to call a state ...

The amendment does remove the language from Article VIII of the Tribal Constitution which states that any ordinance involving gaming requires a public referendum, but does so as the amendment itself ...