The first ten Amendments to the Constitution protect all of the basic freedoms of Americans and are known as the Bill of Rights. The most famous are perhaps the first, second and fifth Amendments.

ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article ...

The Fifth Amendment protects the right to private ... Federalism is one of the most important and innovative concepts in the U.S. Constitution, although the word never appears there.

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 25th Amendment ...

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is exactly like a similar provision in the Fifth Amendment ... promises that all persons in the United States shall enjoy the “equal protection ...