In September 1787, the founders signed the most influential document in American history, the U.S. Constitution. On Constitution Day, the National Constitution Center presents a series of programs and ...

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, ...

Shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks carried out against the United States, Congress approved legislation granting the president sweeping powers to prevent similar terrorist actions ...

Stanford University Professor Caroline Winterer explores how the American founders drew inspiration from not only classical Greece and Rome, but other civilizations in the ancient world, including ...

SECTION. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or ...

On July 4, 1776, the United States officially declared its independence from the British Empire when the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration was ...

Dr. Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute argues that the defense of liberty requires multiple answers to a fundamental political question: who rules? Mary Sarah Bilder reviews how over two ...

Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School The Sixth Amendment guarantees a cluster of rights designed to make criminal prosecutions more accurate, ...

The Supreme Court is an institution long revered for its integrity, legal prowess, and robust constitutional scholarship and reasoning. However, there are some facts about the justices themselves that ...

A March 2026 executive order from President Donald Trump requiring the United States Postal Service to only send mail-in ballots to people on a federal list of voters is the latest dispute to reach ...

Earlier this year, the National Constitution Center hosted an event in Miami, Florida, featuring a series of meaningful conversations about the Constitution with speakers of diverse perspectives. In ...

President-elect Donald Trump has revived talk from his previous term of moving to privatize the United States Postal System. To be sure, such a process would be complicated and would likely require an ...