In his final speech as president, Barack Obama, speaking to a crowd in Chicago, said: "Our Constitution is a remarkable, beautiful gift; but it's really just a piece of parchment. It has no power on ...

For over 230 years, the Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States. Before the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation was the ruling document. But it had its problems, ...

Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It’s in good enough condition that he can handle it, carefully, with clean, bare hands. There are ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On January 2, 1788, the state of Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. The ...

A rare copy of the US Constitution that was found inside a filing cabinet sold for $9 million at auction this week. It took just seven minutes for the nearly 237-year-old document to clinch its hammer ...

For more than two centuries, amendments have allowed our Constitution to grow with the country. The 13th Amendment, for instance put an end to slavery, while the 19th gave women the vote. It was ...

From its frequent references in political speeches to its appearances in popular culture, the United States Constitution is perhaps the best-known document in the country. But beyond possibly having ...

Two years after the only known private copy of the U.S. Constitution printed by Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress, was found in a filing cabinet of a North Carolina home, the ...

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One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer Supported by By Jennifer Szalai The United States Constitution is ...

All republican governments live in fear of the man on the white horse. A republican government, like ours, is a system of rules designed to prevent any one person or faction from hijacking the ...

In the spring of 1814, 25 years after the ratification of America’s Constitution, a group of 112 Norwegian men—civil servants, lawyers, military officials, business leaders, theologians, and even a ...