CBS News’s flagship program broadcast a call to protect the First Amendment in spite of a Trump administration that has repeatedly threatened its integrity. As part of its “The Last Minute” feature on ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...

My earlier posts on my book Constitutional Symmetry explained the basic idea of favoring symmetry and summarized the practical and theoretical reasons for this approach. In addition to advancing this ...

Sally Field recited the First Amendment on '60 Minutes,' calling it a right she now understands "like never before" nearly 67 years after memorizing it in seventh grade.

Americans who have never lived elsewhere may take for granted the constitutional protections we enjoy. The drafters of the Constitution met at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, just over a decade ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.

These ten constitutional misconceptions reveal how much Americans misunderstand the document governing their lives. The post ...

Learn how amendments modify contracts, laws, & documents. Discover examples like the U.S. Constitution's amendments and how they refine policies over time.