When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration's petitions seeking to resurrect Executive Order 14160 -- the president's sweeping attempt to gut the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship -- it effectively placed one of the Constitution's most settled commitments on the docket.

Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether the issue concerns abortion, the scope of federal agencies, the

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

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Rule of Law is the principle that all persons will be treated equally and ...

All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. Last week, Donald Trump’s lawyers attempted to convince the Supreme Court that he was a 16th-century European monarch who cannot be ...

When Donald Trump took office, he swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.” The oath is essential, because the Constitution defines the United States, and the United States does not exist without it. Another country called the “United ...

ABC News' Stephanie Ramos spoke with ABC News Contributor, James Sample, on the Supreme Court's decision to hear an expedited appeal of a case seeking to end birthright citizenship.