“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.

Last month, UCLA’s Federalist Society hosted James Percival, general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security. That ...

The evolution in America of rationales for the cascading growth of presidential power, which began in earnest in the post-war ...

Policymakers see the country’s 250th anniversary as a chance to bolster civics education. Educators say they face challenges ...

In seeking identities of those behind anonymous social media posts, the DOJ is intensifying its pursuit using grand jury ...

The founders designed the House to be responsive to the public but the redistricting wars undermine that, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Ronald Brownstein writes.

To mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, “Revolution” is the timely theme of the Firsts London book fair, opening Thursday in the contemporary ar ...

The Justice Department, or DOJ, is intensifying efforts to identify anonymous social media users who have criticized ...

Just a few weeks ago, King Charles spoke before a standing-room only crowd at the United States Capitol. In measured tones befitting his upbringing, he praised Congress as a “citadel of democracy, ...

The assembly participants worked hard and in good faith. They wrestled with complexity. They produced three clear ...

If Mr. Raskin is so concerned about the separation of church and state as it is described in a letter by Thomas Jefferson in an 1802 letter, how about the authority of James Madison in Federalist ...