We at the Amsterdam News wanted to take a second to talk about the U.S. Constitution, one of the most influential and “living ...

As the Trump administration tests the limits of presidential power, here's a look at what the U.S. Constitution says.

This amendment shall not ... becomes valid as part of the Constitution. The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, provided for the direct election of United States senators, replacing the ...

The new Tenth Amendment stated: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” ...

For Juror Appreciation Week, Ninth Circuit Court Chief Judge Lisa Munyon writes that she is grateful for those who serve on a “jury of your peers.” ...

While the Fourth of July may mark the birth of our nation, September 17, the date of the signing of the U.S. Constitution that occurred right here in Philadelphia, is the birthday of our government.

A New York judge ruled that the Seventh Amendment’s guarantee to a jury trial in civil matters applies to states—a landmark decision that could potentially upend administrative law in the state.

Of the Civil War Amendments ... of Rights to the states as well as the national government. And finally, the Fourteenth Amendment introduced the ideal of equality to the Constitution for the ...