The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, ...

Stanford University Professor Caroline Winterer explores how the American founders drew inspiration from not only classical ...

Charles Pinckney effectively participated in the Constitutional Convention in 1878 and contributed to the final version of the Constitution. He later served as Minister to Spain. Charles Pinckney was ...

Eric Slauter notes that the Declaration’s stirring words are a testament to the power of ideas and to the efforts of ordinary Americans to press them into service for change. The Declaration of ...

SECTION. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or ...

Dr. Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute argues that the defense of liberty requires multiple answers to a fundamental political question: who rules? Mary Sarah Bilder reviews how over two ...

Today, Americans are heading to the polls for midterm elections, where the entire House and 35 Senate seats will be up for grabs. So how have these elections panned out in the modern era? Since 1946, ...

Next Monday night, President Donald Trump will announce his nominee to replace Anthony Kennedy as the Supreme Court’s ninth Justice. So why are there nine seats on the Court, and who set that ...

President-elect Donald Trump has revived talk from his previous term of moving to privatize the United States Postal System. To be sure, such a process would be complicated and would likely require an ...

One of the basic rights enshrined in our Constitution is the ability to peacefully assemble to address grievances against the government. These rights predate the Constitution and have evolved over ...

Two recent legal cases involving the possible deportation of legal permanent residents, or green card holders, has brought new attention to the constitutional rights of legal permanent residents. On ...

One of the biggest questions during a federal government shutdown is, “who gets paid?” Due to the Constitution, the people directly in charge of the government would still keep getting pay checks ...