United States v. Sprague (1931). Of the ratified amendments, all but the Twenty-first Amendment, which was ratified by state conventions, have been ratified by state legislatures. In Hawke v.

The states understood the meaning as well. Immediately after the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, states enacted strong price-control measures, “the very type of statute that this ...

It was 1:30 p. m. by the gold watch he pulled out of his vest pocket and laid on his paper-cluttered desk when Texas’ Senator Morris Sheppard rose in the Senate chamber one day last week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, inserting himself into a long-running ...