The Constitution may have earned an A in civics, but in terms of grammar and consistency, it's well below the (Liberty) bell curve In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was drafted by members of the ...

Most Americans haven't read the U.S. Constitution in a long time, if ever. They may be able to tell you about the Second Amendment, or the Fifth, maybe even part of the First. But other than that? A ...

One sparks a revolution, while the other structures a nation. Do you know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution? Packed with history and visionary ideas (and even ...

When James Madison and his fellow statesmen drafted the Constitution, they created our system of government, with its checks, balances and sometimes awkward compromises. The laws of the United States ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of Article 1, Section 8, as well as all of Article 1, Sections 9 and 10, were missing from the Constitution Annotated ...

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 ...

As students of the United States Constitution for many decades—one of us as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge, the other as a professor of constitutional law, and both as constitutional advocates, ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. In his new book, Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution, John Paul Stevens ...