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Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk.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 ...

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

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

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch talked about civility at the Constitutional Convention, while in conversation with one of his law clerks and National Constitution Center President and ...

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

The states can convene & propose constitutional amendments to rein ... just two days before the close of the 1787 convention, was a concern raised by George Mason. In keeping with the checks ...

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

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 ...

Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton but became president as a result of his winning a majority in the ...

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 ...