The framers of the Constitution designed a system of government in 1787 that distributed power among three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial. Having just overthrown a king, the framers did ...

The Constitution remains on display in the National Archives today, reverently viewed by visitors, "much as Mao Zedong sleeps in his tomb in Tiananmen Square," Garrett Epps writes. Credit: Wikimedia ...

In the We the People series, The Spokesman-Review examines a question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: What founding document was ...

Dr. Lepore is a professor of history and law at Harvard and the author of “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra ...

Kimberly Gilbert (Heidi), Fadekemi Laniyonu (Debater), and Michael Glenn (Mike) in What the Constitution Means to Me. Credit: Kent Kondo Schreck engineered the script to give future producers room to ...

I recently made a pilgrimage to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., to see the United States Constitution — the one that George Washington and 38 other Founders signed with a goose quill 238 ...