as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission here­of to the States by the Congress. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or ...

The creation of the United States Constitution—John Adams ... Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, on December 7, 1787; the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify ...

The Constitution of the United States has endured for over two centuries ... When the delegates at Philadelphia convened in May 1787 to revise the ineffective Articles of Confederation, it ...

Territorial expansion allowed the federal government to directly rule its many new federal citizens without any state ...

The American Constitution was a pioneering example of democratization when it was first adopted, they note, but “the United States no longer seems like a good model today.” It doesn’t ...

As every Ohio schoolkid learns, the Founding Fathers convened in 1787 to create the U.S. Constitution, which lays out the fundamental governmental and political structure of the United States. Now, ...

For 200 years, the power of presidential mercy has shaped America’s justice system. But with tensions heightened by numerous ...

A recent vote in the Indiana Senate could put the United States on track for its first constitutional convention since 1787.

Constitutional separation of powers safeguards individual rights, limits private entities, promotes the rule of law and ...