The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and ...

This program is presented in partnership with The Journal of the Civil War Era. Robert D. Bland is associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of Requiem for ...

DOGE was the brainchild of billionaire Elon Musk, who once promised he could find $1 trillion in budget cuts in the Trump administration’s first year. Trump signed an executive order creating DOGE on ...

Within the First Congress, James Madison emerged as the leader of the effort to pass a Bill of Rights. In many ways, the “Father of the U.S. Constitution” was an unlikely “Father of the Bill of Rights ...

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the ...

Benjamin Rush had a medical practice in Philadelphia and became a professor of chemistry. Rush consulted with Thomas Paine during Paine’s writing of Common Sense. He signed the Declaration in 1776.

The Election of 1800 was one of the most important elections in American history. Following a bitter contest, Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams, marking the first time in American history that an ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...

This activity is part of Module 6: Separation of Powers and Federalism from the Constitution 101 Curriculum. View the document on the National Constitution Center’s Website. Early in 1776, John Adams ...

Judges use their reasoning skills to decide what particular laws mean when they rule on cases. Different judges sometimes use different methods to interpret the Constitution, meaning that judges do ...

Article I, Section 1 provides: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.” The ...

William Blackstone (1723-80) was the author of A Discourse on the Study of Law (1758), Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-69), and other works. These works were for the most part based on ...