Our constitution has been amended only 27 times in its 236 years of existence. It is very hard to change. In fact, the U.S. Constitution, among all national constitutions, is the most difficult to ...

The left, fuming over the Supreme Court’s conservative majority and its commitment to the plain text of the confounded Constitution, is mounting a new push against originalism. That’s judicial jargon ...

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Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether the issue concerns abortion, the scope of federal agencies, the death penalty ...

Historian and author Jill Lepore explores the U.S. Constitution in "We the People." Historian and author Jill Lepore explores the U.S. Constitution in her new book, "We the People: A History of the ...

Idaho’s 2026 Legislature is beginning. Pending regulations will be finalized, new laws debated, and spending on old laws approved. This year, lobbyists will also ask them to support a resolution to ...

The U. S. Constitution is the world’s longest-surviving written constitution. However, some have expressed frustration with our government’s fundamental rule book. Some have even suggested the ...

This week marks 238 years since the signing of the U.S. Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The language of the document has been debated ever since. In our first of two conversations ...