Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether ...

Every military servicemember’s oath is a pledge to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It is ...

On the day of his second inauguration, President Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” Sounds innocent enough, right? But this is ...

The first section of the 14th Amendment states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens of the United States and of the state where they ...

Most countries emerged from a shared language, lineage, or ancient heritage. The United States built a state first and then ...

President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for publishing revised employment data the president did not like caused considerable public outrage. Since the ...

“What the Constitution Means to Me” is a highly personal take, not a civics lecture. Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck paid her college tuition by speaking in debate competitions across the country; now ...

Sept. 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, meant to celebrate the signing of the United States' founding document and all those who have become citizens since. Here's a quick history lesson and ...

BOSTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday repeatedly invoked the Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court is likely to release decisions in a number of cases that will fundamentally impact the lives of millions. But we don’t need to wait until nine elite lawyers in ...

The fine playwright Heidi Schreck has written an impassioned play about the many undercurrents and issues that percolate throughout the United States Constitution in the stimulating and invigorating ...

A pipeline belonging to Tennessee Gas Pipeline stands at the edge of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area near Montague, N.J. The pipeline, which also crosses Connecticut, is part of a ...