When I observe decisions issued by recent presidents ... my thoughts turn to the governing ideals of James Madison,  aka 'The ...

Jill Lepore’s history of the Constitution includes a colorful cast of characters and makes a case for it as a living document ...

The Framers of the Constitution saw an independent judiciary as critical for preserving individual liberty and protecting our ...

Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore explores the ongoing struggle to amend America's founding document and ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - This Constitution Day, students learned about James Madison’s influence on American constitutional ...

Historian and best-selling author Jill Lepore argues that the difficulty and rarity of amendment has led to a stifling of ...

Debate is supposed to test ideas against evidence and push us toward solutions. When we trade debate for shouting we lose the ...

The US Constitution’s drafters recognized that the American experiment needed ethical, democratic leadership and an engaged ...

The U.S. Senate and the nation's history might different if the Constitutional Convention had structured the chamber ...

From a speech by a constitutional scholar to students reading the preamble, UVA celebrated the signing of the Constitution.

Schools, banks, and Wall Street are open, but today’s observance of Constitution Day is a holiday to nevertheless cheer and ...

On Constitution Day, I am thinking about the 10th Amendment,' writes a Norwalk professor of history and political science.