The original Constitution did not specifically protect the right to vote—leaving the issue largely to the states. For much of American history, this right has often been granted to some, but denied to ...
Robert P. George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He has served as chair of the United ...
The Supreme Court has announced which cases and controversies it will consider during arguments from October to December 2026 ...
Two petitions filed in recent months at the Supreme Court seek to settle the question of the ability of Congress to ban the ...
On the first Monday in October, the Supreme Court will begin its new term with one of the biggest cases on its docket.
In 1798, President John Adams signed into law the federal Sedition Act, which criminalized the publication of any “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States.
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of ...
On July 13, 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance—an act that established a framework for governing the Northwest Territory, admitting new states, and protecting the civil liberties of ...
The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and ...
The Historic Documents in this set include the primary texts of moral and political philosophy that influenced the Founding generation—written by philosophers and political theorists from classical ...
Constitution 101 resource for The Constitution of the United States: Fast Facts ...
Mary Sarah Bilder reviews how over two centuries, the Bill of Rights developed as a culture of rights and liberties as bulwarks against power. With the final words of the Preamble, “We the People . . ...
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