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News Articles: U.S. Constitution

A court found that President Trump's administration had not complied with an earlier court order. Experts worry about the potential of a constitutional crisis.

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  • Politics

What happens if Trump starts ignoring court rulings? We break it down

A court finding that the Trump administration did not comply with an earlier order and a recent statement by Vice President Vance have some experts warning of a potential constitutional crisis.

February 12, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed back against former President Trump's suggestion that the Constitution should be terminated.

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  • Politics

McConnell criticizes Trump's calls to terminate the Constitution

The Senate minority leader said Tuesday that anyone seeking the presidency, which includes Trump, "would have a very hard time being sworn in" if the Constitution was suspended.

December 06, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
An image shows the first page of the first printing of the final text of the U.S. Constitution<strong>. </strong>The rare document will go up for auction in December, Sotheby's announced on Tuesday.

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  • National

A rare copy of the first printing of the U.S. Constitution is going up for auction

The document last went up for auction in 1894. After the new auction was announced, the group that crowdfunded an attempt to buy a similar copy last year told NPR, "We're looking into it."

November 01, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
A large crowd of women cheers a speaker at the Lincoln Memorial, during a rally for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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  • Arts & Life

50 years ago sex equality seemed destined for the Constitution. What happened?

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to approve the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972, paving the way for it to become the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It was roaring along...until it wasn't.

March 22, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Attorney General Merrick Garland, in a 2021 photo, said a Missouri gun rights law impedes law enforcement in the state. The Department of Justice sued Wednesday to enjoin the law.

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  • National

Department of Justice sues Missouri over gun rights law

The federal government alleges Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act has endangered public safety by prohibiting local law enforcement from cooperating with federal agencies.

February 17, 2022
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  • Peter Granitz
The Krause House DAO is a group organized by cryptocurrency fans that is raising money to attempt to purchase an NBA franchise.

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  • Technology

Crypto enthusiasts want to buy an NBA team, after failing to purchase US Constitution

A group calling itself Krause House DAO, named after the late Chicago Bulls general manager, Jerry Krause, has raised $4 million with the long-shot goal of trying to buy an NBA sports franchise.

November 26, 2021
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  • Bobby Allyn
Federal lawmakers introduced an joint resolution that seeks "to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime" under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

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  • Law

Democrats Push 'Abolition Amendment' To Fully Erase Slavery From U.S. Constitution

Congressional Democrats seek to remove the "punishment" clause from the 13th Amendment which allows members of prison populations to be used as cheap and free labor.

December 04, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
President Donald Trump drives past supporters gathered outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting COVID-19.

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  • Politics

KSU Professor: Path Ahead For U.S. Election Is Uncertain

There's no questioning that the past 72 hours in America since President Trump's testing positive for the coronavirus have added yet another chapter to the drama that is 2020, with many uncertainties ahead for how the president's illness could affect the outcome of the presidential election less than a month away. This murkiness has even left political science scholars scratching their heads at what could come next.

GPB's Sarah Rose spoke with Andrew Pieper, a professor of political science at Kennesaw State University, who said we are living in unprecedented times.

October 05, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Benjamin Franklin was a leading voice in the debates framing the Constitution.

Founders: Removal From Office Is Not The Only Purpose Of Impeachment

As Congress moves toward a possible formal impeachment of President Donald Trump, they should consider words spoken at the Constitutional Convention,...

October 04, 2019
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  • Clark D. Cunningham

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