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Is York America’s first capital? Try the 4th
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Editor’s note: Another in a series of occasional columns about York County’s role in the American Revolution, with upcoming American foundational 250th anniversaries in 2026-28 in view.) In ...
235 years of the U.S. Constitution: We owe a debt to these four patriots | Opinion
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Constitutional Convention of 1787 played a critical role in the nation’s history and evolution....
What is the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause? A primer on what that means. | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by...
'Why can't Mother vote?' Two Tennesseans vital to passage of 19th Amendment | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Aug. 18, 1920, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to ratify the 19th Amendment. Since...
Without compromise, American states would never have ratified the U.S. Constitution
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. We finished our study ...
Right to abortion unlikely to be enshrined in Maine Constitution after vote falls short
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn effort to enshrine the right to abortion in the Maine Constitution appears to have failed after a...
Women voted in force to protect abortion in the midterms. They'll do it again in 2024.
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court stripped away abortion rights in the Dobbs decision, women —...
Senate fails to extend deadline to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as most Republicans vote no
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA push led by Democrats to give more time for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA,...
Latest push to revive Equal Rights Amendment fails in Senate
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSenate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic measure to revive the Equal Rights Amendment,...
Constitutional lesson: What does the Second Amendment say and do? | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by...