The Rhode Island Constitution is a lot like a Zen koan: Do you have a right if you can't enforce it? The Rhode Island Constitution's entire first article is a declaration of "certain constitutional ...

Katherine Gregg’s article on the “Freedom to Read” law (“RI libraries caught in middle of culture war,” News, Aug. 15) pointed out the need for vigilance in protecting our libraries. What was not ...

J.H. Snider is the editor of The Rhode Island State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse. Gary Sasse served as the Rhode Island director of the departments of Administration and Revenue, and ...

Forty years ago, Rhode Island became the last state to hold a constitutional convention, and one state senator notes some lawmakers have fought every 10 years to prevent another one As a young, Black, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rhode Island Constitution is a lot like a Zen koan: Do you have a right if you can't enforce it? The Rhode Island Constitution ...

Some states are starting to enforce their constitutional rights, but Rhode Island isn't one of them. Yet. Wrongful prosecutions are seen as one area to bring lawsuits State constitutional rights are ...