How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

In recent weeks, there’s been a renewed political pushback against the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble to the ...

The recent debate on the inclusion of the terms ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ was first ignited by RSS general secretary ...

Since Donald Trump resumed the presidency in January, there has been a lot of talk about his bold, aggressive actions creating a constitutional crisis. Alas, those complaints ring hollow. They are ...

If the word secularism did not exist today in the Preamble, the experiences of the last decade would necessitate its immediate and emphatic insertion.

Every word matters in critical legal documents, and no language is more pored over and parsed for meaning than that used in our U.S. Constitution.

Trump’s Iran bombing shows how presidents have sidelined Congress on war, and are no longer constrained by constitutional ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

John Jay’s observation in Federalist No. 2 that Americans are “a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Saturday that ‘socialism’ and ‘secularism’ are “Western concepts”, and these words should be struck off the Constitution. He said these words were ...

Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College and Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION) One of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders relating to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Trump a win by lifting blocks on his efforts to end birthright citizenship for ...