On this day 160 years ago, the United States of America ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, immortalizing a self-evident principle that ...

Article Two of the Constitution of the United States sets the guidelines for the Executive Branch to carry out and enforce laws that Congress makes. The president heads the Executive Branch. Our ...

Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether ...

A signed copy of the U.S. Constitution, one of 100 sent to the states ahead of their vote to ratify it in 1788, is being sold by Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, later this month. The ...

I was hoping the new Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution would acknowledge the Dutch’s role in framing the ...

A Smithsonian curator reflects on the document that was signed this week 237 years ago Harry R. Rubenstein This small leather-bound trunk was used to preserve George Washington’s Constitutional ...

Outgoing President Joe Biden announced today that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) met ratification requirements and is now the official 28th amendment to the Constitution—a statement that ...

One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer Supported by By Jennifer Szalai The United States Constitution is ...