The United States is alive and well 249 years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and that’s a great thing to ...

On July 4, 1776, the U.S. declared independence from British rule—a journey echoing India's own freedom struggle. Both ...

As knowledge about the Constitution ebbs, so does allegiance to it. And because the Constitution was designed in significant part to keep partisan passions at bay, constitutional drift fuels partisan ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

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The Supreme Court declined Thursday to review a Montana law that requires people under 18 to seek parental consent before ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has called for the creation of an additional state for the South East, to place it ...

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 ...

And Douglass did so, it is worth noting, by championing the same founding principles that he celebrated in his Fourth of July ...

At a Pride parade in Half Moon Bay, Calif., a few days ago, my daughter bought a pink T-shirt with a hand-printed design. As ...

The move disappointed abortion opponents. But two of the court's conservative justices - Alito and Thomas - said it may take ...