I love the First Amendment. I mean that literally. For me, it is the soul of the Constitution, safeguarding the fundamental rights of a free people. It did not have an easy birth.

When President Barack Obama ordered military action against Muammar Qaddafi's Libya in 2011, both Republicans and Democrats ...

Filmmaker David Garrigus visited Central Carolina Community College on Oct. 23 to present three screenings of his new documentary, “The American Constitution,” ahead of its national premier on PBS ...

Term limits seem like a good idea, but the Florida Legislature has shown us they merely shift power to unelected lobbyists.

Congress has played an important role in holding federal agencies accountable since the late 1700s, but oversight can also ...

A three-year grant, totaling $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education, will fund the James Madison College Academy for Civic Education, or ACE, offering intensive seminars built around ...

The Black Mountain Center for the Arts (BMCA) is set to host the world premiere of Reconstitution, a smart, fast-paced comedy by writer/producer Mitch Emoff. The play, running from November 14-16, ...

In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.

Democrat Ghazala Hashmi is projected to win the Virginia lieutenant governor's race, becoming the first Muslim women ever ...

Houston council's At-Large 4 seat opened up when Letitia Plummer announced her candidacy for Harris County judge. The runoff will take place Dec. 13.

A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an ...

Kansas’ requirements for the state legislature to request that Congress convene a Constitutional Convention violate the US Constitution, a federal court ruled.