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This day in history: 24th Amendment ratified, prohibiting poll taxes

(WHSV) - Over 60 years ago on Jan. 23, 1964, the 24th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified by the states. The 24th Amendment prohibits both federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes ...
National Constitution Center

Happy birthday, 20th and 24th Amendments

Today we celebrate the ratification of not one, but two constitutional amendments: the 20th Amendment (ratified January 23, 1933) and the 24th Amendment (ratified January 23, 1964). Here's what you ...
Harvard Medical School

Constitution was made to be amended. So what’s stopping us?

Excerpted from “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution” by Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. We the People. The ...
Newsweek

How Americans Would Change the Constitution—New Poll

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The survey reveals American sentiments toward the government and ...