Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 21st Amendment to the ...

The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan. 16, 1919. The 21st Amendment, ratified in early 1933, repealed the ...

President Woodrow Wilson vetoed the legislation, but Congress voted to override and the Volstead Act was enacted Oct. 28, ...

The 22nd Amendment limits U.S. presidents to two terms. Learn how it can be altered, the implications of repealing it, and ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 20th Amendment to the ...

During Prohibition, when the federal government imposed a nationwide ban on alcohol, defiant Key Westers smuggled liquor from Cuba and sold it in illegal watering holes called speakeasies. Wednesday ...

Mississippi is one of 40 states in which cannabis is legal for medical use, and in 24 of those it is also legal for recreational use, but the Second Amendment applies in every state.