The entire run of American constitutionalism can be encompassed in only three lifespans. Russell Riley co-chairs the ...

Kevin Butterfield is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. The Constitution is remarkably ...

As the nation braces for another Trump administration and its likely emotional turmoil, please allow some thoughts on the ...

Guantanamo Bay, which costs $500 million a year to operate, once held 780 prisoners, allegedly there due to their involvement ...

to ensure that the British system of torture and confession and conviction did not occur here — James Madison and the Framers crafted protections in the Constitution to which all in government needed ...

James Madison earned the nickname the “Father of the Constitution” because he drafted significant pieces of the document. Madison’s most famous work was the Bill of Rights, ratified on ...

When you think about some of the most important history lessons in the United States, learning about the Founding Fathers is ...

Since the 1770s there have been more than 250 state constitutional conventions, requiring, in many cases, residents of those ...