Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recognized nationwide on Sept. 17, the day marks the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution — Sept. 17, 1787 in ...

Americans celebrated Constitution Day on Wednesday, marking the ratification of the founding document for the nation’s government. To mark the occasion and ahead of the U.S. semiquincentennial, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If there is a silver lining in these dark days for American democracy, it is the pressure test that President Trump and his allies ...

An Idaho Senate committee on Monday narrowly rejected a resolution that would’ve called for a never-before-used method of ...

“We the People of the United States …” These memorable words start the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, which was signed 238 years ago by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

Historian and author Jill Lepore explores the U.S. Constitution in "We the People." Historian and author Jill Lepore explores the U.S. Constitution in her new book, "We the People: A History of the ...

The Constitution gives Congress authority to declare war, but presidents wield commander-in-chief powers that have expanded ...

In 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe, I attended a North Atlantic Assembly conference in Brussels, Belgium, on the future of the ...

WASHINGTON — Calling all history buffs, history teachers or curious individuals to the National Archives to celebrate Constitution Day. To celebrate 250 years of American freedom, the National ...

Legal scholars have many lenses through which to examine the Constitution. Lawyers need to master about 150 Supreme Court decisions in order to have a sufficient understanding of the government. But ...