Of all 101 democratic constitutions we examined, the U.S. Constitution has the second-most onerous amendment process.

Robert P. George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He has served as chair of the United ...

Frederick Douglass believed the US would only live up to its ideals when it granted equal rights to all citizens. He thought ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary this year, most Americans favor several major changes to the nation’s political system. Achieving those changes, however, likely would require doing ...

Lesson originally published Sept. 12, 2021, and has been updated. See Google version here. Overview. Constitution Day ...

Constitution Day might lack the fireworks and fanfare of its July 4 holiday sibling, but given its focus on educating the American people about the central legal document that has governed the country ...

For more than two centuries, amendments have allowed our Constitution to grow with the country. The 13th Amendment, for instance put an end to slavery, while the 19th gave women the vote. It was ...

Can, or even should, Americans break the U.S. Constitution when, in their view, justice demands it? According to the two panelists at a recent online Harvard Law School Library Book Talk, that ...

Some fear a Pandora’s box of possibilities, while others see it as a means to address structural problems in state government and cut through political noise.