"First American constitution" returns to Exeter, 250 years later

Where was America founded? The U.S. Constitution was drafted at the 1789 Congress in Philadelphia – the same place where the ...

Fact check: Lawmaker claims Zohran Mamdani is 'bringing Sharia law to America'

The newly-sworn in New York City mayor has expressed no intention to implement Shariah, and the Constitution bars anyone from ...
Opinion

The world needs to ensure leaders are not immune from criminal prosecution

When the Second World War came to an end, there was a commitment between various governments, including the government of Canada, to set up an international tribunal. This was not simply – as Winston ...

America is not angry at South Africa – it is confused by our Constitution

As geopolitical tensions rise, the real issue lies in America's misunderstanding of South Africa's Constitution. What does ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Hegseth Is Targeting the Military’s ‘Constitution’

There have been recent reports that the US Department of Defense, under Secretary Pete Hegseth, is planning significant revisions to its Unified Command Plan (UCP). This document lays out the US ...
Reuters

Trump-appointed judge argues US Constitution's rights do not extend to non-citizens

Dec 16 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court judge who was included on U.S. President Donald Trump's short list of potential Supreme Court nominees during his first term says the U.S. Constitution's ...
The Harvard Crimson

Jill Lepore Discusses New Book ‘We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution’ and the Future of American Democracy

On the evening of Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her newly published book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” A Harvard professor of History and Law ...
Christian Science Monitor

In the framers’ words, the US Constitution was meant as a living document

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Economist

The new SCOTUS term will reshape America’s constitution

THE PHRASE “checks and balances” does not appear anywhere in the United States constitution; and yet in a manual for Martians on how America governs itself it would be on page one. Those three words ...
The Hill

The Constitution is failing us — so let’s fix it

If there is a silver lining in these dark days for American democracy, it is the pressure test that President Trump and his allies are putting on the Constitution. They are revealing loopholes, gaps ...
Artnet

The Full U.S. Constitution Is on Display for the First Time Ever

The complete U.S. Constitution has gone on display for the first time in history. While the National Archives Museum in Washington D.C. permanently exhibits the four pages of the Constitution together ...
PBS

Historian Jill Lepore explores the Constitution and its interpretations in ‘We the People’

Originalism is often countered by the idea that the Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to be interpreted and changed along with the times. Jill Lepore is a historian at Harvard ...