In his annual end-of-year message, Roberts avoided references to current events and the many legal challenges President Trump ...

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the Preamble through the 27th Amendment. There are multiple passages he has ...

"It's time to blow the whistle on it," says former Sen. Feingold. There is a new strategy that far-right activists are using to attempt to weaken the foundations of our democracy: something called the ...

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 ...

US President Joe Biden opined Friday without legal effect that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which ensures equal rights on the basis of sex, has been added to the Constitution as the 28th ...

The US's bombing of Caracas reiterates three key foundations of American foreign policy: the Constitution is dead, democracy ...

Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? At noon on Tuesday, September 12, 71 delegates gathered in the chamber of ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On January 2, 1788, the state of Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. The ...

In his final speech as president, Barack Obama, speaking to a crowd in Chicago, said: "Our Constitution is a remarkable, beautiful gift; but it's really just a piece of parchment. It has no power on ...

In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.

The Constitution of the United States (US) was signed by 39 of the 55 delegates on September 17, 1787. It went into effect on March 4, 1789, after it had been ratified by conventions in nine states.

Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes ...