To teach the new generation about the importance of the First Amendment, federalism, or the separation of powers, we must ...

The contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...

At a time when the Trump administration has renewed a travel ban on various Muslim majority countries in Africa and across ...

America’s 249th birthday Friday will be no party. Call it bittersweet at best. The guns of Gettysburg were stilled on July 4, ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain ...

As Independence Day approaches, it’s worth remembering that America’s Founding Fathers weren’t just fiery revolutionaries — ...

When I began writing this weekly column for the Carrier 22+ years ago, one of my goals was to tackle Constitutional issues to ...

A local social studies teacher has been selected to receive an academic fellowship geared towards promoting study and ...

A deadlock over the distribution of power threatened to derail the creation of a constitution for the newly formed United ...

As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American ...

Even as a tenuous cease-fire between Iran and Israel appears to hold, Democrats in the U.S. Congress are falling over ...