We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the ...

In his final speech as president, Barack Obama, speaking to a crowd in Chicago, said: "Our Constitution is a remarkable, beautiful gift; but it's really just a piece of parchment. It has no power on ...

The film discusses the historical context and significance of the United States Constitution, created in the aftermath of Shay's Rebellion and the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. It ...

Sept. 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, meant to celebrate the signing of the United States' founding document and all those who have become citizens since. Here's a quick history lesson and ...

Since the middle of the twentieth century, Rana argues, constitutional politics has shape-shifted into a kind of idolatry. As late as the first decades of the twentieth century, Rana proposes, ...

When the U.S. Constitution was written, in 1787, it was a startling political novelty, even in an age of constitution-making. Before the Constitutional Convention, James Madison made a study of ...

As students of the United States Constitution for many decades—one of us as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge, the other as a professor of constitutional law, and both as constitutional advocates, ...

As impasse threatened the Constitutional Convention, Franklin appealed for Compromise. As impasse threatened to derail the Constitutional Convention, Franklin worked to find common ground. In order to ...