CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- For the 8th straight year, an annual tradition was held on the steps of the federal courthouse in downtown Chattanooga. A reading of the U.S. Constitution was conducted.
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 ...
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 ...
Constitution Day is Sept. 17, and I think we should make a bigger deal about it. On that day in 1787, 39 white men signed a document whose first words declare, "We the People." No founding document ...
Today is Constitution Day, a federally observed day to recognize the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. On Sept. 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document on which the ...
Each fall, I teach a seminar called Recent Books on the Constitution. I initially designed this course when I visited Georgetown in 2005. At that time, because I tend to read what ...
The Constitution Party will sponsor the reading of the entire U.S. Constitution in celebration of Law Day on Thursday. The reading will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Rochester Public Library Auditorium.
Throughout history, civil rights leaders have relied on the Constitution in speeches, in protests, and in court. Frederick Douglass called it a “glorious liberty document.” Susan B. Anthony argued ...
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 ...