Even the United States Constitution is not immune to edits. The document has had plenty of amendments over the years, some granting important rights.

The US Constitution right now has 27 amendments. To amend the Constitution, an amendment has to be proposed by either house of Congress and voted in by a two-thirds majority in both houses or by a ...

Here is a look in chronological order at a dozen instrumental decisions by the court since Roberts, 70, was sworn in as the ...

Following the Civil War and between 1865 and 1870, Congress passed Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14 and 15) to establish a new order or reconstruct laws to provide for equal freedoms and rights for ...

Opinions differ on whether the Equal Rights Amendment is the 28th in the constitution. The needed 38 states ratified it, but ...

When the States have ratified the proposed amendment, then it becomes part of the Constitution.

This is the main reason the Constitution has so rarely been amended, and that many of the amendments were relatively minor procedural tweaks.

These amendments, over time, have made the Constitution a more progressive document by making it more democratic, more inclusive and more suited to the needs of a changing country.

"We believe that, when followed and interpreted responsibly, the Constitution provides the foundation that allows College of ...

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the Preamble through the 27th Amendment. There are multiple passages he has ...