In 1786, the young United States of America was nearly ripped apart by Shays’ Rebellion. Angry farmers suffering from debt ...

Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It's in good enough ...

It is hard to imagine the United States without the Constitution. This short document, drafted in 1787 in a hot and stuffy ...

Under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, citizenship is defined as “All persons born or naturalized in the United ...

What "great message" can we take from this historical episode? Explain.

The Founders abhorred a judiciary more loyal to the Crown than to the rule of law. But now the independent system they ...

This Constitution Day, we should remember the precious founding document produced on Sept. 17, 1787, in Philadelphia.

Good morning, it’s Friday, Sept. 20. Election Day, which is now a profound misnomer, begins today: In Virginia, Minnesota, and South Dakota, citizens 18 ...

A rare copy of the US Constitution, the only one of its type thought to be in private hands, goes under the hammer later this ...

This copy was printed after the Constitutional Convention approved the proposed framework of the nation's government in 1787 and it was ratified by the Congress of the ineffective first American ...