The Constitution was finally ratified – but only begrudgingly by the American citizens, who feared a president’s abuse of power. More persuasive than the legal restraints placed on the office, the ...

Cumberland County unveiled a new state historical marker honoring John Robinson, who helped shape Virginia’s democracy in the ...

Democrats who lead both chambers warned that the budget might need to be readdressed in the coming weeks, pending potential cuts to federal spending.

As Erwin Chemerinsky, leading constitutional law scholar and dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, has said, “systematic unconstitutional and illegal acts create a ...

If the Trump administration continues to defy the courts, it will, in all probability, force a constitutional crisis. This is likely their plan. Last year, the right-wing extremist justices on the ...

One way to understand the unfolding constitutional crisis in Washington is as the inevitable result of 30 years of congressional dysfunction. For starters, Congress’s failure to address and ...

Pack is proposing a constitutional amendment to establish ... He says he feels good about West Virginia going forward.

In the recent past, our constitutional courts have embraced the polysemous concept of “constitutional morality” as a tool to interpret and as a test to adjudicate upon the constitutional ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — House Republicans are advancing a resolution that calls on Congress to hold a convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution. This initiative is part of a national ...

Delegate Scot Heckert, R-Wood, explains his joint resolution to add an amendment to the state Constitution further barring non-citizens from voting in West Virginia elections. (Photo courtesy of ...

This is an adapted excerpt from MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin’s YouTube series “Can They Do That? With Lisa Rubin.” During Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office, the president ...