This holiday season, we're grateful for the institutions that have preserved our liberty — even when they frustrate us.

Among our nation's "firsts" were the introduction of the separation of church and state and George Washington's proclamation ...

A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, after finding that the ...

An Atlanta attorney writes that "Article V’s insuperable barriers notwithstanding, the process for constitutional change ...

On a Friday night in March 2020, Steven Duarte was riding in the back seat of a car that ran a stop sign in Inglewood, California. After two police officers responded by activating their patrol lights ...

In response to federal rollbacks on human rights protections, advocates should turn to state constitutions, which often contain rights that go beyond federal guarantees. States such as Georgia, ...

In 1797 the “petticoat band” showed up to vote for the New Jersey state legislature, but only on a technicality. Their impact sent lawmakers into a scramble to shut them out. POLLS APARTHoward Pyle’s ...

Donald Nieman receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is affiliated with Braver Angels. Bipartisan agreement is rare in these ...

These proposals sought to change the United States’ name, abolish the presidency and the vice presidency, and set a limit on personal fortunes, among other measures Greg Daugherty - History ...

Last week, in an unsigned order issued without an explanation, and in direct defiance of the plain language of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, the Supreme Court of the United States ...

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue before ...

If there is a silver lining in these dark days for American democracy, it is the pressure test that President Trump and his allies are putting on the Constitution. They are revealing loopholes, gaps ...