Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana is widely credited with drafting the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified in 1967 in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Hence ...

(WHTM) — The founding fathers, in their collective wisdom, decided to keep the U.S. Constitution short and sweet. Rather than ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...

When President William Henry Harrison died in office in 1841, the Constitution was vague on the matter of succession, leading to a constitutional crisis. Before 1841, no president had died in office.

The authors of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution established and explained the complete order of presidential succession, as well as a series of contingency plans to fill any executive vacancies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior administration official who claims to be working with others to thwart President Donald Trump's "worst inclinations" and parts of his agenda says Cabinet members whispered ...

Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the involuntary transfer of power, has yet to be invoked. “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg thinks the time is now. The topic came up on ...

As the nation approaches its 250th birthday next year, the National Archives has mounted its first display of the entire Constitution. The exhibition gives viewers a chance to see not only the ...