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 ...

Originalism is often countered by the idea that the Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to be interpreted and changed along with the times. Jill Lepore is a historian at Harvard ...

Guest Opinion. The U.S. Constitution is often thought to have originated from the intellectual musings of the Founding Fathers in a tobacco smoke-filled room in Philadelphia. The Magna Carta (1215) is ...

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, ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.

The University of Mississippi's Declaration of Independence Center teaches students about founding documents as surveys show ...

A rare sight has awaited visitors to the dimly lit Rotunda of the National Archives Building since mid-September. For the first time in the country’s history, the entirety of the U.S. Constitution, ...

Dr. Lepore is a professor of history at Harvard, a staff writer at The New Yorker and the director of the Amendments Project. Every Fourth of July, Americans celebrate independence, but it might be ...

How did Americans come to worship the Constitution? The Constitution is often invoked as a safeguard for American democracy, but does it more often get in democracy’s way? The Supreme Court has taken ...

KUTV — Kari Hawker-Diaz spoke to Shannon Bowler and Brian Shelley about an upcoming live constitution reading. In celebration of U.S. Constitution Day, United We Pledge is proud to host a special ...

Nevada City Masons are planning for the 57th Annual Constitution Day Ceremonies, to be held on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 of September. Over several generations, our local parade has become one of the ...