On This Day, Jan. 16: 18th Amendment -- prohibition of alcohol -- ratified
In 1581, the English Parliament outlawed Roman Catholicism. In 1919, the United States went legally "dry" when the 36th state ...
It’s not up to the U.S. president to decide when Equal Rights Amendment is law: Mark R. Brown
Statutory deadlines and presidential proclamations aside, like outgoing President Joe Biden's recent declaration that the ...
Sober forever? The US tried that once and outlawed alcohol. It didn't go over well
One hundred and five years after its implementation, and 92 years after it was repealed, alcohol consumption remains a ...
Biden's Dubious Declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment has Been Duly Ratified
President Biden declared that the Equal Rights Amendment, which states that "Equality of Rights under the law shall not be ...
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Biden’s False claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is in the Constitution ignores the legal debate
Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has ...
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18th Amendment can be modified only after consensus with federating units: President
President, Dr Arif Alvi while ruling out to revoke the 18th Constitutional Amendment has said that it could be modified to bring improvement only after the consensus among the federating units. In an ...
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What is birthright citizenship, and can Trump end the constitutional right in the U.S.?
It's an extensive process with a high bar. The only time in U.S. history a constitutional amendment has been repealed was when the 18th Amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sale and ...
Minister clarifies provincial control over water distribution after 18th amendment
Federal Minister for Energy and Petroleum Division Dr Musadik Malik emphasized that, following the 18th amendment, the ...
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On This Day, Jan. 16: 18th Amendment -- prohibition of alcohol -- ratified
On January 16, 1919, the United States went legally "dry" when the 36th state ratified the 18th Amendment. File Photo courtesy Library of Congress ...