Originalism is often countered by the idea that the Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to be interpreted and changed along with the times. Jill Lepore is a historian at Harvard ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each September 17, our nation pauses to recognize Constitution Day, commemorating the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. It is a day not just for lawyers, judges, or politicians–it is ...

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.” In 2016, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, read James Madison’s ...

August 14, 2025 • The 25th amendment. A few years before JFK was shot, an idealistic young lawyer set out on a mission to convince people something essential was missing from the Constitution: clear ...

During our commemoration of Constitution Week, Sept. 17-23, it often is appropriate to remember that the United States Constitution was not our first form of government following the Revolutionary War ...

The 25th amendment. A few years before JFK was shot, an idealistic young lawyer set out on a mission to convince people something essential was missing from the Constitution: clear instructions for ...

Preston Terry Damsky, a white nationalist law student at the University of Florida, wrote a paper arguing that the U.S. Constitution only applies to White people. He claimed that the words "we the ...

In my high school civics class, each student was given a pocket-sized United States Constitution. I carried my copy with me everywhere, thumbing through the pages and searching for answers to homework ...

When Benjamin Franklin was asked what form of government the American framers had created, he wryly replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” This Constitution Day, on the brink of celebrating the ...