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  1. What's Your Verdict? Protecting Medal of Honor Impostors

    Fri, 11 May 2012

    congressional medal of honor if that protected by the constitution . That issue in front of the Supreme Court at the said the Alvarez is but lies protected by the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. The Obama administration

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    about receiving the congressional medal of honor if that -- protected by the constitution . That issue in front of the Supreme Court at the death distribute the 2005. Stolen valor act. It's a law that makes

Latest U.S. Constitution News

  1. AP: Churches to Raise Money to Fight Gay Marriage

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    whether a ban on gay marriage should be part of the state constitution . Maryland and Washington are expected to have ballot North Carolina earlier this month when voters approved an amendment to the state constitution affirming that marriage may only be a union of a man and

  2. Who's dumber: Congress or Martin Luther King Jr.? The dumb report on Congressional dumbness

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    first created their readability test for the military's use with technical manuals. The notoriously opaque U . S . Constitution merits a whopping 17.8 grade level, and the Federalist Papers come in at 17.1. Oh well sorreeee you fancy

  3. Obama Team Trumpets New Polling on Gay Marriage

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    Massachusetts governor's support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions. "Romney's position campaign. "He has pledged to write discrimination into the constitution ." The Obama campaign also announced a new effort

  4. Taser Pain May Be Considered by Supreme Court as Excessive Force

    Tue, 22 May 2012

    suspect over a trivial offense is completely alien to our Constitution ." On Thursday, the Supreme Court will meet behind closed police officers for excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment 's ban on unreasonable search and seizure. Last year a

  5. SJP, Bon Jovi Join Obama's Star-Studded Cast of Fundraisers

    Tue, 22 May 2012

    Service. "The conclusion based on all the evidence I can find is that Mitt Romney has the best shot at bringing the U . S . Constitution , common sense, and the American way back to the White House," Nugent told the Tribune. But Romney was not Nugent

  6. Romney, US Sen. Brown Play Down Past Connections

    Mon, 21 May 2012

    Romney backs amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage. Brown opposes such an amendment and says gay marriage Brown both supported an amendment in the Senate this year including birth control. The amendment failed. "Scott Brown

News

  1. New 1940 US Census Records Show Black Undercount

    Sun, 20 May 2012

    count is vital, since the data is used in a number of ways. That includes the main purpose, written into the U . S . Constitution , that Congressional districts are apportioned by the census population counts. But it also matters because federal

  2. Romney, US Sen. Brown Play Down Past Connections

    Sun, 20 May 2012

    Romney backs amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage. Brown opposes such an amendment and says gay marriage Brown both supported an amendment in the U.S. Senate including birth control. The amendment failed. "Scott Brown

  3. NAACP Board Votes in Support of Same-Sex Marriage

    Sat, 19 May 2012

    and citing the 14th Amendment to the U . S . Constitution as a reason for backing rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and equal protection and North Carolina's Amendment 1. NAACP made its proclamation

  4. NAACP Backs Same-Sex Marriage as Civil Right

    Sat, 19 May 2012

    resolution supporting marriage equality. It said the position is consistent with the equal protection provision of the U . S . Constitution . Same-sex marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia, but 31 states have passed amendments

  5. In Alaska, Militia Members Accused of Murder Plot

    Fri, 18 May 2012

    outstanding spokesperson for the constitution ." Besides the Peacemakers group called the Second Amendment Task Force in Fairbanks forbidding all reference to the constitution , has divested himself vested in him by that constitution and the law requires

  6. House rejects plan to change detainee policy

    Fri, 18 May 2012

    Committee, offered an amendment to the 2013 defense rights provided under the Constitution . The amendment failed 238-182 S. soil because the Constitution states that due process just citizens. His amendment did not apply to

  7. Obama Stance Adds Fuel in Marriage Battlegrounds

    Fri, 18 May 2012

    voters approved an amendment to the state constitution affirming that marriage proposed constitutional amendment to ban it and should law and the state constitution . Republican Sen put in the state Constitution where politicians

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  1. Americans Don't Know History!

    Fri, 4 May 2012

    hand you have them in your kitchen. The bill of rights . The first ten amendments to the constitution every right to freedom guaranteed by the bill of rights written moved The right to. House. As

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    The bill of rights . The first ten amendments to the constitution every right to freedom guaranteed by the bill of rights written moved -- The right to. House. As soldiers. Our enemies are in world -- tales. Would you do Russia and the
  2. ABC News Update

    Thu, 10 May 2012

    the president and that states should decide how to handle this issue. But Romney also supports a federal amendment of the constitution banning gay marriage. The Obama and Romney campaigns don't expect this to be a major factor in the presidential

    The Constitution found at 3:40

    decide how to handle this issue. But Romney also supports a federal amendment of the constitution banning gay marriage.
  3. What's Your Verdict? Protecting Medal of Honor Impostors

    Fri, 11 May 2012

    of honor that life protected by the constitution . That issue in front of the Supreme his lies protected by the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. The could not protected by the First Amendment . That can care a lot about this

    The Constitution found at 0:09

    about receiving the congressional medal of honor -- that life protected by the constitution . That issue in front of the Supreme Court at the death distribute the 2005. Stolen valor act. It's a law that makes
  4. What's Your Verdict? Protecting Medal of Honor Impostors

    Fri, 11 May 2012

    congressional medal of honor if that protected by the constitution . That issue in front of the Supreme Court at the said the Alvarez is but lies protected by the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. The Obama administration

    The Constitution found at 0:09

    about receiving the congressional medal of honor if that -- protected by the constitution . That issue in front of the Supreme Court at the death distribute the 2005. Stolen valor act. It's a law that makes
  5. Rick Perry: The Christian Candidate

    Wed, 21 Dec 2011

    fathers were put declaration of independence and the constitution together in the bill writes but the word god. Never appears in the United States constitution there you go back and read. All of the the

    The United States Constitution found at 4:43

    ago when our founding fathers were put -- declaration of independence and the constitution together in the bill writes but the word god. Never appears in the United States constitution there you go back and read. All of the the writings from others George Washington are. There. Of our founding fathers of
  6. Dec. 6, 1973: Gerald Ford Sworn in as V.P.

    Thu, 2 Dec 2010

    section two of the 25 amendment to the United States constitution . Have been complied That I and defend the constitution . Of the United command. Of the 25 amendment . In exactly eight the bedrock. Of the constitution . I'm forward

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    nomination of Gerald. These proceedings required by section two of the 25 amendment to the United States constitution . Have been complied -- The gentleman from Michigan mr. Gerald. Has advised the chair. That he had transmitted his letter of resignation.
  7. Greenroom: Murdoch's Media Maelstrom

    Sun, 10 Jul 2011

    culture. Well I as soon because there we are standing in museum here in Washington. And first admitted to the United States constitution is engraved on this building they don't happen for us. They have regulatory structure. That can't if

    The United States Constitution found at 1:31

    are standing in -- museum here in Washington. And first admitted to the United States constitution is engraved on this building they don't happen for us. They have -- regulatory structure. That can't if they have communities that
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Photos

  1. PHOTO: The Bill of Rights, containing the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, was ratified on Dec. 15, 1971.
  2. PHOTO: Abortion opponent Les Riley speaks with reporters on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a proposed "personhood" amendment to the Mississippi Constitution, in Jackson, Miss., Oct. ...
  3. VIDEO: A college student scrawled language from the U.S. Constitution on his chest.
  4. PHOTO A copy of the US Constitution during a "tea party" demonstration against taxes in Lafayette Park across from the White House on April 15, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  1. PHOTO The signing of the United States Constitution in 1787.
  2. PHOTO A bill in the House of Representatives would change the 14th amendment to the US Constitution that grants anyone who is born on US soil the right of American citizenship.
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