On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law ...

Decades before the Emancipation Proclamation, years before the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Freeman’s suit argued the newly adopted Massachusetts Constitution had obliterated the institution ...

The head of the American Constitution Society says President Biden is right: The ratification standard has been met. Former senator (D-WI) Russ Feingold testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations ...

Here is that original story from 1920: Ratification of the suffrage amendment to the Constitution ends a struggle which began in this country before the Colonies declared their independence.

NEW-ORLEANS, Thursday, March 21. The State Convention, to-day, after a lively debate, ratified the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States by a vote of 100 Ayes to 7 Nays. Advertisement ...

In a surprise move on his way out of office, Biden proclaimed that the amendment has met the requirements for ratification and is now part of the Constitution. The ERA, he said, is the “law of ...

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 ...

The landmark Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series includes four volumes on Rhode Island, a state that boycotted the constitutional convention and was the last to ratify.