A future senator from New York marked changes on the document, which Christie’s plans to sell at auction early next year.

The National Archives was built, like many things in D.C., as a temple to an American myth, and each year more than a million ...

Jill Lepore’s history of the Constitution includes a colorful cast of characters and makes a case for it as a living document ...

In “We the People,” the Harvard historian worries that the glacial amendment process is leading the country to crisis.

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 ...

Let's remember our Constitution's clarion calls — and let's embrace them instead of hate, violence and political retribution.

Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore explores the ongoing struggle to amend America's founding document and ...

The Harvard historian tells the story of the US’s foundational document — and why it was always meant to be amended ...

Written over two centuries ago by people long since departed, the Constitution is often admired for its durability. It has stood the test of time and still provides the framework for our government ...

Columnist Gail Symons writes: "The next time someone complains about "big government" spending on schools, health services, ...

The genius of the American republic lies in part in the close relationship between its two founding documents.