WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden released a statement Friday saying he believes the Equal Rights Amendment ... The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the case, saying ...

Outside the Beltway, support for D.C. statehood has always been sparse. Only 16 states ratified the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment of 1978 before it expired. It would have repealed the ...

The District of Columbia's Voting Rights Amendment of 1978 failed to achieve the required ratification in other states. The D.C. Voting Rights Act of 2009 was unable to pass. The tide turned in ...

and its quick addition to the Constitution was expected amid a wave of progressive amendments that from 1960 to 1971 granted the District of Columbia voting rights in presidential elections ...

ALBANY, New York — New York’s top court is set to consider whether documented noncitizens can vote in New York City elections ...

“If you are a legislator from a conservative district in ... Missouri's abortion-rights amendment passed by a narrow margin — with close to 51% of the vote. Most support came from Kansas City, St.

Alice Paul celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, in 1920. Three years later, she wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment.Credit ...

James and the coalition filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts seeking to stop the president’s unlawful action, which violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S ...

Because of these laws, campaigns ignore states where the outcome is certain — which today means 44 of our 50 states and the District ... vote amendment and whether it should strengthen voting ...

Biden announced that the 28th Amendment — an amendment guaranteeing men and women equal rights under the law ... The idea is that since states aren’t voting on the deadline, they shouldn ...

4—A Republican lawmaker is calling for a constitutional amendment to make sure noncitizens are not allowed to vote in Maine in ... legislation to expand rights and freedoms," Melnick said.