Since the middle of the twentieth century, Rana argues, constitutional politics has shape-shifted into a kind of idolatry. As late as the first decades of the twentieth century, Rana proposes, ...

Sept. 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, meant to celebrate the signing of the United States' founding document and all those who have become citizens since. Here's a quick history lesson and ...

A Smithsonian curator reflects on the document that was signed this week 237 years ago Harry R. Rubenstein This small leather-bound trunk was used to preserve George Washington’s Constitutional ...

In a new book, the historian Mark Peterson argues that our founding document is rooted in ideals of expansion and conquest ill suited to the nation we’ve become. By Claire Rydell Arcenas Claire Rydell ...