Mercy Otis Warren lost that debate. But her ideas still left a mark, and for that reason, she is worth remembering and ...

The Brennan Center for Justice has released a manual to help lawyers counter misleading historical arguments in legal ...

Occasionally a white man emerges to advocate for the advancement of the oppressed while others in power are reluctant. Judge ...

Explore the U.S. bicameral legislature, its structure with the House of Representatives and Senate, and the historical ...

Federalists, the party that advocated more states' rights and less central government than desired by the Federalists. Most ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people ...

Hamilton carried the day with his “strong, energetic presidency.” But he and all the other principal Founders agreed that the ...

One of the lines on the ballot in 2026 is Proposal 1, a question asking Michigan voters whether to convene a constitutional convention. It’s a question that automatically appears on the ballot every ...

BOSTON — A group of Democratic state lawmakers are trying to block efforts to hold a national constitutional convention, claiming that Republicans and conservative groups want to use a gathering of ...

BOSTON — Democratic state lawmakers want to block efforts to hold a national constitutional convention, warning conservative groups would use a gathering of states to rework the federal government in ...

BOSTON — Citing “recent conservative momentum” behind calls for a federal Constitutional Convention, top House and Senate Democrats in Massachusetts filed resolutions to join 16 other states that have ...

abstract. A rebirth of American education occurred in the state constitutional conventions of the Reconstruction South. At a moment of national constitutional reformation, biracial coalitions of ...