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 ...

These negotiations and the ratification of the treaty in January ... according to the National Constitution Center. That same month, the Continental Congress approved the preliminary peace treaty ...

After the Treaty of Paris was signed in December 1899, the treaty required ratification by at least ... violated the most basic tenets of the Constitution. They argued that neither Congress ...

By Noah Weiland Reporting from Washington President Biden said on Friday that he believed the Equal Rights Amendment met the requirements of ratification as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.

On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified by Virginia, allowing the passage of the first ten amendments to the Constitution ... exhibit discusses the ratification of the Bill of ...

The right and the left don’t agree on how they’d like to change the Constitution, but they do agree that changes need to be made.

The Constitution does not mention political parties, yet they play an important role in U.S. government. They began to emerge with disputes over the ratification of the Constitution, becoming ...

Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has ...

Biden, who noted that he has “long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their sex” and stressed that he’s supported the effort to amend the constitution to ...

For many years, Inauguration Day was held on March 4. However, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1933, moved the date to January 20 to reduce the "lame-duck" period between ...

The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution ... has met the requirements of ratification and therefore ...