“The first man put at the helm will be a good one,” Benjamin Franklin said at the Constitutional Convention in June 1787, referring to George Washington. “No body knows what sort may come afterward.

Last July, Trump deployed that charge against former President Barack Obama, who he said was caught "absolutely cold" trying ...

The First Amendment imposes a two-prong test that the government must satisfy to obtain a conviction. In general, the First ...

Lack of movement to enshrine abortion rights into the Illinois Constitution reflects the high bar for amendments and a focus ...

Those questions do not have clean answers. But the instinct underlying the Fourth Amendment remains surprisingly stable ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Amazing America) — A compromise forged in secrecy during the summer of 1787 totally changed the trajectory of the United States, leading to the creation of an important governing ...

In light of the latest attempted assassination of President Donald Trump — the third in less than two years — it’s time for America to face a terrible fact of life. This nation is at war with itself.

An expert suggested the motivation behind the amendments may be political, given that they largely codify existing policy.

As America’s war with Iran lurches from escalation to ceasefire to renewed threats of military force, Americans are being ...

Perhaps a good place to start considering gerrymandering is to take a closer look at Elbridge Gerry, signer of the ...

A replica of a suffrage-era automobile will roll into Seneca Falls next week as part of a national push to have the Equal ...