The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history and law, explains why in We the People, the ...

Constitution Day occurs annually on Sept. 17 to commemorate the Founding Fathers signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. It also celebrates those who have become naturalized U.S. citizens, ...

Lepore recites the usual litany of progressive reasons: it’s “outdated,” it encompassed slavery, no women helped write it, etc., often phrasing these in exaggerated terms and even outright falsehoods, ...

We must keep in mind, however, that this wonderful document is only parchment and ink unless the people it governs make it function. The system of checks and balances, the guarantees of liberty, and ...

Jill Lepore's history of the Constitution includes a colorful cast of characters and makes a case for it as a living document that continues to evolve as we evolve. (ClassicStock / Getty Images) ...

In a few short months we will be celebrating the 250 anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution" (to be published Sept. 16 by Liveright), Harvard professor and New Yorker ...

The writer Jill Lepore wrote a history of the United States called "These Truths." Now she's gone through the same history again for a book on the Constitution. She focuses on fights to amend or ...