NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — While many laws passed during the legislative session take effect immediately or within a year, some legislation takes multiple years to go into effect. The legal change that ...

Anti-abortion advocates took home a surprise victory on election night with the rebuke of three of the sweeping abortion amendments on ballots in 10 states across the country, breaking the trend of ...

Ten states considered adding language guaranteeing abortion rights in their state constitutions during this year’s elections. Voters in seven of the states approved the ballot questions. Three ...

Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.

The Ohio Ballot Board blocked a proposed amendment that would remove Ohio’s ban on gay marriage in the state’s constitution from going forward. In a 3-2 party line vote, the Ohio Ballot Board ruled ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...

President Biden said Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment had been ratified and should be considered the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, but the National Archives quickly rejected that notion.

Voters in seven of the states approved the ballot questions. Three rejected them. The results mean a dramatic redrawing of the map for abortion access in parts of the country. Half of the measures ...