Why are presidents limited to two elected terms in office? The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limits the president to two elected terms in office (or for a maximum of 10 ...

With federal immigration agents in Raleigh and beyond, there’s confusion about when immigration agents need warrants, when ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...

Thanks in part to our current contentious, partisan political climate, there have been calls for modifying or replacing the ...

If there is a silver lining in these dark days for American democracy, it is the pressure test that President Trump and his allies are putting on the Constitution. They are revealing loopholes, gaps ...

On Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S.

Texans will vote on several Consitutional amendments this November. Amendments include changes to property taxes, parental rights and bail. All items will be on the ballot on November 4. Texas voters ...

These proposals sought to change the United States’ name, abolish the presidency and the vice presidency, and set a limit on personal fortunes, among other measures Greg Daugherty - History ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investor immigration and international law issues. Over the weekend President Trump claimed he was not clear on what ...

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.