As taught in schools, the history of the U.S. Constitution is relatively straightforward. In 1787, a group of 55 men gathered in Philadelphia to debate the rules that would govern the new nation. Over ...

In my nearly three decades of teaching introductory U.S. Government to undergraduates at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, I often used a story about an international conference of academic ...

Impeachment refers to the process of removing public officials from office for serious misconduct. With roots in 14th-century England, the U.S. Constitution provides: “The President, Vice President ...

Under what circumstances do new constitutions promote democracy? Between 1974 and 2011, the level of democracy increased in 62 countries following the adoption of a new constitution, but decreased or ...

In 2020, I was part of a constitutional challenge to the government’s plans to “redevelop" the Central Vista in New Delhi. One of the arguments that we made was that these plans had been ...

Re: “Trump says he’s leaving due process to his lawyers” (May 5, A1): So, President Donald Trump doesn’t know whether he has to obey the Constitution? Did he bother to read it before taking an oath to ...