We can thank the anti-federalists for our Bill of Rights. Anti-Federalism was a late-18th century political movement that opposed the...
Constitution
“…the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...
Republican loyalty has superseded branch loyalty, and never more so than in the Trump era. By Dr....
Several skeptical delegates left Philadelphia earlier than the September 17, 1787 signing day. The earliest critics of...
By Paul W. Lovinger George Washington presided as delegates to the Federal Convention in Philadelphia drew up...
As the Union grew during the two centuries after the founding, state constitutions increasingly included enumerations of...
Habeas corpus can constitutionally be suspended – the question is by whom, Congress or the President? By...
Although the original purpose of the convention was to amend the Articles of Confederation, some—though not all—delegates...
The Signing of the United States Constitution, by Louis S. Glanzman, 1987 / National Historical Park, Pennsylvania,...
Photo by Mark Treble, Flickr / Creative Commons By Dana Milbank / 12.27.2016 Washington Post Columnist Trump...
By Ray Raphael / 10.31.2016 Historian, America’s Founding Two weeks ago, Senator John McCain announced that he...