George Washington, the war hero of the revolution, was elected president of the convention unanimously.

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NYU Law professor Melissa Murray gives context and commentary on the nation's founding document in her new book The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader.

The Cambridge dictionary describes tyranny as "unlimited authority or use of power – a government which exercises power without control or limits." Perhaps each of us, at least in our secret heart of ...

Virginia prosecutor Ryan Mehaffey refuses to enforce Gov. Spanberger's new assault weapons ban, arguing it violates Second ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected on Thursday the notion of a U.S. constitutional crisis as President Donald Trump's far-reaching executive actions test ...

“The first man put at the helm will be a good one,” Benjamin Franklin said at the Constitutional Convention in June 1787, referring to George Washington. “No body knows what sort may come afterward.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said on Sunday that the United States is in a constitutional crisis with the Trump administration “flouting the courts.” “Do you think that the Trump administration is ...

President Donald Trump's rapid-fire executive orders have led legal experts to say his actions either have caused or are edging toward a "constitutional crisis." Frankly, I don’t know what that term ...

There is an inequity in the enforcement of individual federal constitutional rights in the U.S. that should be rectified. If a person’s constitutional rights are violated by local or state government ...

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This week, my column about a U.S. "constitutional crisis" published. My view was the term has lost its meaning because experts cannot decide whether we are in it or heading there. I shared how I ...