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 ...
Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether ...
On this day 160 years ago, the United States of America ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, immortalizing a self-evident principle that ...
When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration's petitions seeking to resurrect Executive Order 14160 -- the ...
On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th ...
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.
The Trump administration is seeking to roll back the historical understanding that birthright citizenship extends to almost ...
The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will ...
I was hoping the new Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution would acknowledge the Dutch’s role in framing the ...
The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps ...