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

On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The United States declared war against Japan the following ...

The Stoic dichotomy treats betrayal like weather. Plato knew better: another person's choices flow from character—and ...

President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators ...

On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th ...

Can Germany legally ban the AfD? Inside a high-stakes fight over extremism, democracy and lessons from Nazism.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority has been on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Trump's time in the White House. The justices could take the next ...

A detailed look at how the Constitution Bench read history, archaeology and civil law to settle a centuries-old dispute.

On this day in 1933, Prohibition ended in the U.S. The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on Dec. 5.