Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison advocating a Bill of Rights: "Half a loaf is better than no bread. If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can." Congress shall make no law ...

The First Amendment is only 45 words long, yet 235 years of court battles have left Americans fiercely devoted to an idea ...

The First Amendment says that "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech." But one prominent conservative judge, whose name has been mentioned as a possible U.S. Supreme Court nominee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then-Texas Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott, who is now the state's governor, attends a news conference in 2005 celebrating the U.S. Supreme ...

On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: In arguing for displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools, contributing writer Josh Hammer, ...

To the editor: In arguing for displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools, contributing writer Josh Hammer, like most radical conservatives, would take the nation back to its antebellum days ...