For over 230 years, the Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States. Before the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation was the ruling document. But it had its problems, ...

Over the past several decades, the checks-and-balances of our government have been increasingly tested in ways our founding fathers never anticipated. Tony Dokoupil talks with Jill Lepore, author of ...

Nearly 250 years ago on Nov. 17, 1777, Congress submitted the Articles of Confederation to the states for ratification.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Sept. 17 marks Constitution Day in the United States, commemorating the signing of the founding document that is the foundation for American government and Americans' rights, a ...

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 Rule of Law is the ...

Delta College professors traced voting rights in the Constitution at a League of Women Voters talk, discussing how rules ...

A portion of Article 1, Section 8, as well as all of Article 1, Sections 9 and 10, were missing from the Constitution Annotated page on the Library of Congress' website the morning of Aug. 6. When the ...

Front row, left to right: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Associate Justice Elena ...