Zoeller likes idea for U.S. constitutional convention

INDIANAPOLIS | Attorney General Greg Zoeller sympathizes with state lawmakers who want to take an extraordinary step to rein in the power of the federal government.

Ind. lawmakers drop call for U.S. constitutional convention

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana will not be leading the call for a limited constitutional convention intended to re-balance the relationship between the federal government and the states.

Indiana Senate leader asking other states to join call for U.S. constitutional convention

INDIANAPOLIS | If some day the parchment of the U.S. Constitution is added to the ash heap of history, an action taken by the Indiana Senate this week may prove to be the spark that eventually set flame to the document that's governed the nation since 1789.

Indiana Senate calls for U.S. constitutional convention

INDIANAPOLIS | Frustrated by what they perceive as federal government overreach on taxes and regulation, the Republican-controlled Indiana Senate on Tuesday approved three measures calling for a limited U.S. constitutional convention.

American Legion hosts contest to boost U.S. Constitution

MUNSTER | American Legion Department of Indiana recently kicked off its 76th annual High School Oratorical Competition and scholarship program.

Ind. senator wants Legislature empowered to nullify federal law

INDIANAPOLIS | When the U.S. Supreme Court in 1958 explicitly struck down nullification, the theory that states can declare federal laws unconstitutional and ignore them, the court warned state legislators that endorsing nullification violates their oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution.

Munster team excels at We The People

MUNSTER | Proving they know the U.S. Constitution, Wilbur Wright Middle School recently placed first in We The People district competition, qualifying the team for the state meet, where they placed third.

Senate candidates clash in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS | Both Democrat Joe Donnelly and Republican Richard Mourdock claimed victory following the first U.S. Senate debate Monday, which saw the candidates clash repeatedly on issues of policy and partisanship.

Constitution Day still has meaning for the U.S. 225 years later

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility ... do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.”

Lugar, Zoeller want Supreme Court to strike down health law

INDIANAPOLIS | Two Indiana Republicans who were among the first to question the constitutionality of the 2010 federal health reform law strategized Monday ahead of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court hearing later this month.

Denying citizenship to children of unvisa-ed won't reduce U.S. population

A Washington-based research group says people who are pushing to eliminate the right of U.S. citizenship to children born in this country to undocumented parents will not be getting the results they expect.