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

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

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

In “We the People,” the Harvard historian worries that the glacial amendment process is leading the country to crisis.

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

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

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

The U.S. Constitution is the foundation for a well-ordered government of laws, and not of men, writes the first counselor in ...

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

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

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