My neighbor Elly and I are in our 70s and 80s. Every now and then we take anafternoon to talk. Our grandkids call it “Crumpets, coffee and the Constitution” becausethese days, we’ve been talking about ...

We recognize Constitution Day — September 17 — to celebrate more than just words on parchment. The Constitution represents a turn in human history away from authoritarianism and toward individual ...

When the new Republican majority in the House decided to kick off the legislative session by reading the Constitution, the liberal reaction was instructive. Some accused Republicans of "hijacking" a ...

There is little our Founders missed in crafting our nation's Constitution, notably its separation of powers and checks and balances. They were children of the Enlightenment and their studied view of ...

Improbably, the U.S. Constitution has become a runaway bestseller. The reason, of course, is Khizr Khan's speech at the Democratic convention, and in particular these words posed to the Republican ...

2017-01-06T12:05:33-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/2ea/20170106120551001_hd.jpgHouse members read aloud the entire U.S. Constitution, the fourth such reading ...

Despite its limited applications on paper, the Constitution’s commerce clause has given the federal government carte blanche ...

The midterm elections didn’t provide the red wave Republicans had expected, but they nevertheless gained a small majority in the House of Representatives. In preparing for GOP control of the lower ...

As astute commentators have noted, the draft opinion in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization not only seeks to overrule Roe vs. Wade, but might also someday threaten other decisions like ...

Remember two years ago, when the U.S. House kicked off 2011 by reading the entirety of the Constitution? As reader T.D. reminds me, the effort, spearheaded by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), is back. In ...