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Law Journal columnist Joel Cohen addresses a law student's controversial—and award-winning—capstone paper that promotes ...

The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the declaration was an enormous political innovation — in it, the country ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman, who was shot nine times by a gunman posing as a police officer who ...

There was our guiding light: The 14th Amendment, passed 100 years earlier. It extended citizenship to all persons born on ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

If you’re wondering what happens when history is bowdlerized or suppressed, lies are enshrined, free enquiry stifled, empathy ...

On July 4, 2026, the United States turns 250. Amid fireworks and fanfare, the day invites reflection on a nation shaped by ...

At Monticello on July Fourth, contrary to what is happening nationwide, immigrants were celebrated as they became citizens of ...

Today (On July 4, 2025) the United States of America turns 250. It is a monumental anniversary—marking not merely the passage of time, but the endurance of a radical experiment in democracy that began ...

As the 20th Congress of the Philippines is set to convene on July 28, senators are making known the measures that they will prioritize in the next few years of their term. The recent elections held in ...

Last Friday we celebrated the Fourth of July, which is remembered as the date the Declaration of Independence was signed. But while the Declaration has more flowery language and lots of ringing ...