With Democrats calling the changes an “assault on the very spirit of Florida’s democracy,” the Republican-controlled Legislature on Friday finalized a plan that will impose additional hurdles on the ...

Whenever there’s a procedural debate in the House, the discussion inevitably turns to why the amendment process has become so closed — especially to any opportunities for the minority party to offer ...

Florida and Arkansas both recently added restrictions to the citizen amendment process, after ballot measures to expand abortion rights were successful in other states. By Emily Cochrane Reporting ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

RPOF chair discusses upcoming budget talks and changes to constitutional amendment process. Chair of the Republican Party of Florida Evan Power joins NewsNight’s Steve Mort to discuss the upcoming ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) committed to having an “amendment process” for the Laken Riley Act as the chamber continues to work through passing the bill in the coming days. Thune’s ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.