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In every generation, the Declaration of Independence has stood for a more expansive promise of freedom and equality.
The Declaration of Independence has some notes about “the Right of the People to alter or to abolish” its existing government ...
Read the Declaration of Independence, the historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson and signed by 56 delegates.
The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, ...
The U.S. Supreme Court's three liberal justices exerted waning influence during its recently concluded term, and their ...
The justices agreed to review two cases challenging sports bans in Idaho and West Virginia. The court didn’t act on a third appeal over a similar ban in Arizona and will likely hold that case until it ...
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Charter of unity
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 ...
The high court has given the president immunity and protected him from nationwide injunctions. Congress is giving ground on ...
Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain ...
The Declaration of Independence’s promise of equality has had ongoing challenges, but it is our American inheritance.
George Takei has a very personal view about current US immigration enforcement efforts. The “Star Trek” star appeared on an ...