The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is in its second edition. The interactive online version reflects this current edition. The United States Constitution is America’s most fundamental legal ...

Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in ...

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by ... Hamilton observed of the unamended constitutional text in The Federalist No. 84: “Here, in strictness ...

The Constitution does not grant Congress authority to set voter-eligibility requirements in federal elections.

On Thursday, before the House members could begin reading the Constitution aloud, Democrats raised a question about which text Republicans wanted read, and asked whether it would include the three ...

The film discusses the historical context and significance of the United States Constitution, created in the aftermath of Shay's Rebellion and the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

For instance, the Court has ruled that the Due Process Clause protects rights that are not specifically listed in the Constitution ... that all persons in the United States shall enjoy the ...

On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law ...