On Sept. 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution. Just before they did, Benjamin Franklin, 81 and too weak to speak, asked Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson ...

Over a half-century ago, as secretary and elected delegate to the 1973 Constitutional Convention, I drafted and helped secure the enactment of the present Rhode Island Constitution’s provision Article ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch talked about civility at the Constitutional Convention, while in conversation with one of his law clerks ...

FLANAGAN — Teacher Bev Hart says learning about the U.S. Constitution shouldn’t be a dull, dry lesson. "It is a living document," she said Monday as she readied for Flanagan High School’s annual ...

When writing the U.S. Constitution, the Framers declared their objective to “secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.” Had they been drafting Louisiana’s constitution, they ...

Sept. 17 marked Constitution Day, grounded in a federal law commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. As explained by the courts of Maryland, "By law, all educational ...