…cases, Kansas v. Hendricks, a 1997 opinion that interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause in relation to a Kansas statute that allowed the state to detain a mentally ill,…

…to be — it has been amended. In particular the 16th amendment gives congress the power to tax income. Amendment XVIThe Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes…

…view as it gives congress the right to tax income from any source derived (the 16th amendment). Before the 16th amendment, the US Constitution established (or in the minds of…

…to insert an amendment that would reverse the moratorium that lawmakers approved late last year. The moratorium prevents the Department of Interior from issuing regulations so that oil companies can…

…result of the Byrd Amendment, named for Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia. This amendment encourages producers to file complaints with the government, because if any “dumping” is found, they…

…of of most ordinary people that gay marriage is a threat to…something. 48 votes means that the obstacle to the amendment is not that it requires 66 votes in the…

…— is a parody protected by the First Amendment. “There are hard cases and there are easy cases,” the judge said. “This is an easy case. This case is wholly…

…possession the consistent position of Gun Rights advocates is that the 2nd Amendment is essentially absolute, that is not only is bearing arms a ‘could’ right almost everywhere but indeed…

…remove a particular issue from the normal political process. This issue has a name–or, rather, the legal theory that challenges the constitutionality of such state constitutional amendments does. It’s called…

…is that the structure of the original Constitution–the Articles, as opposed to the Amendments–is such that it supersedes constitutional amendments that alter the “federalist” power structure. The federalist power structure…