The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787) were both signed in this building in Philadelphia. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth ...

Somewhat lost to history in our memory and mythology of the founding fathers is the fact that their optimism regarding their ...

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. During the much-publicized Senate hearings on his nomination to ...

Such a convention of states, known as an Article V convention, has never happened in U.S. history since the very first constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The other method of amending ...