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Voters have approved 220 amendments to their Louisiana Constitution during the past 50 years. That's compared to 27 amendments (including the original 10 in the Bill of Rights) in the U.S ...
March 27, 2025 • The Fifth Amendment. You have the right to remain silent when you're being questioned in police custody, thanks to the Fifth's protection against self-incrimination. But most ...
Ronald Reagan said in 1987 that he would favor repealing the 22nd Amendment, not for himself “but for presidents from here on.” Bill Clinton in 2003 mused that the Constitution should only ...
Thus far, 38 states have ratified the amendment, meeting the constitutional threshold (three ... the 38th and deciding state to ratify, on Jan. 27, 2020. Equal Rights? Who would oppose that ...
Still, the success of a constitutional amendment using this method is unlikely ... which has been applied 27 times, requires a two-thirds vote from both chambers of Congress.