Lawsuit claims violation of constitutional amendment process, but new law may invalidate that charge

At the core of a new Bedford County-based lawsuit challenging Virginia’s pending reproductive rights amendment is an ...

Bedford County supervisor files suit challenging reproductive rights constitutional amendment

Later this year, Virginians are expected to formally approve or reject a measure to enshrine reproductive rights into the ...
PBS

The Amendment Process Explained

Ben Sheehan explains how, and how often, Americans have changed their Constitution. How do we change the U.S. Constitution? We’ve done it 27 times – is that too many or too few? Ben Sheehan explains ...
USA Today

Presidential term limits created with constitutional amendment | Fact check

A July 2 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims the rules that limit a president's time in the White House aren't legitimate. “Congress violated the Constitution in 1951 when they put term ...
Tennessean

This is how many amendments there are in the U.S. Constitution and why it's hard to amend

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...
The New York Times

States Are Tightening Rules for Getting Citizen-Led Proposals on the Ballot

Florida and Arkansas both recently added restrictions to the citizen amendment process, after ballot measures to expand abortion rights were successful in other states. By Emily Cochrane Reporting ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Paperwork submitted for proposed constitutional amendment to reform the Arkansas’ direct democracy process

Little Rock attorney David Couch submitted paperwork Monday for a proposed constitutional amendment to reform the state' direct democracy process, which would change how ballot language for proposed ...
Houston Public Media

How is a Constitutional Amendment Ratified?

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...
Newsweek

Equal Rights Amendment: Could Joe Biden’s Ratification Shift Women’s Rights?

In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratified, potentially enshrining gender equality into the U.S. Constitution as its 28th Amendment. "It is ...
World Socialist Web Site

Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps

Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship is an effort to repeal by executive fiat the legal foundation underlying the Fourteenth Amendment, which the ruling class today views ...
Orlando Weekly

Florida Republicans finalize pass plan for additional restrictions on constitutional amendment process

With Democrats calling the changes an “assault on the very spirit of Florida’s democracy,” the Republican-controlled Legislature on Friday finalized a plan that will impose additional hurdles on the ...