Supporters need to follow Frederick Douglass' example — and make a case for conceiving of citizenship more broadly.

To understand how grudging Amy Coney Barrett’s new book is when it comes to revealing personal details, consider that one of ...

The most consequential shift that year was not one of battle lines but of ideology.

The founders put the practice ‘in the course of ultimate extinction.’ ...

I love the First Amendment. I mean that literally. For me, it is the soul of the Constitution, safeguarding the fundamental ...

The exam was short-lived. Walters’ replacement, Lindel Fields, announced at the end of October 2025 that Oklahoma would no longer use this assessment. Fields also rescinded the Bible mandate for ...

In the state constitutional conventions of the Reconstruction South, biracial coalitions of delegates constitutionalized universal public-school systems ...

Forget the TV drama of “democracy under attack.” There is no season twist on Capitol Hill, no slick villain delivering a chilling monologue to a string-quartet soundtrack, and no mastermind plotting ...

Of all the failures by Congress this year to fulfil its role under the constitution—to insist upon its authority over spending and tariffs or upon the continued existence of agencies it voted into ...

I have sat in on some meetings about the burial ground's preservation as a heritage expert, at the request of the descendant Lenora McQueen. The burying ground looks like an abandoned lot. Holding the ...

“A theologian spewing hatred for the United States — and Mamdani smiling beside him, calling him ‘one of the nation’s foremost Muslim leaders’ — is dangerous for America and dangerous for Muslims,” ...