For more than two centuries, amendments have allowed our Constitution to grow with the country. The 13th Amendment, for instance put an end to slavery, while the 19th gave women the vote. It was ...

Over the past several decades, the checks-and-balances of our government have been increasingly tested in ways our founding fathers never anticipated. Tony Dokoupil talks with Jill Lepore, author of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo/Courtesy) Guest Opinion. The U.S. Constitution is often thought to have originated from the intellectual musings of the ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution" (to be published Sept. 16 by Liveright), Harvard professor and ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch talked about the history of Constitution Day, while in conversation with one of his law clerks and ...

The writer Jill Lepore wrote a history of the United States called "These Truths." Now she's gone through the same history again for a book on the Constitution. She focuses on fights to amend or ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It's in good enough condition that he can handle it, carefully, with clean, bare ...

Nevada City Masons are planning for the 57th Annual Constitution Day Ceremonies, to be held on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 of September. Over several generations, our local parade has become one of the ...