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The first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.
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This Constitution Day, know your rights: The Bill of Rights

Pat Batcheller September 17, 2024

The Sept. 9 debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump took place at the National Constitution...

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"The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning" by A.J. Jacobs.
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Created Equal: The man who lived according to the constitution — literally

Created Equal May 14, 2024

In A.J. Jacobs' new book, “The Year of Living Constitutionally,” the author and journalist reflects on his lifestyle experiment of...

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President Lyndon Johnson greets Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Created Equal: The right to vote wasn’t included in the Constitution. Why not?

Created Equal February 28, 2024

Most Americans view the right to vote and to free and fair elections as fundamental to who we are as...

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DACA recipients and supporters rally in Detroit on Sept. 5, 2017.
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Created Equal: Our immigration system is broken. What does the Constitution say about it? 

Created Equal February 21, 2024

Immigration has been synonymous with the United States for centuries, but what do the country’s founding documents actually say about who...

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Protesters attend a meeting of Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Oct. 21, 2021, in Lansing, Mich.
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Federal court deems 13 of Michigan’s House and Senate districts unconstitutional

Colin Jackson December 22, 2023

A federal court ruled Thursday that more than a dozen Michigan state House and Senate districts around metro Detroit violate...

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Lawsuit alleges Hamtramck flag ordinance violates constitution

George Weykamp November 8, 2023

A lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S District Court in Detroit alleges a Hamtramck city ordinance that bans the flying...

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