Editor'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 have 27 Amendments to ...

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 ...

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 ...