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 ...

Justice Neil Gorsuch had quite the reaction when an attorney cited the amendment as an example of when Congress may pass a "duplicative" provision that doesn't do much in changing the law. The ...

Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, “A republic, if you can keep it.” This remark was made in response to a question from Elizabeth Willing Powel, who asked Franklin what kind of ...

“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.” That’s the text of the 10th ...

Here’s a little-known fact: sanctuary policies frequently villainized as controversial are in fact rooted in one of the Constitution’s most ancient commitments: the Tenth Amendment. That’s precisely ...

It seems that most Americans are familiar with the first, second and fifth amendment to the costitutution. Protesters know they have freedom of speech and expression. Most coservatives know they have ...

The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight. By ...

Congress has violated Article 5 of the Constitution. Several state leaders are organizing to petition the Supreme Court to rule on a declaratory judgment to hold it accountable. Article 5 of the ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.