Ninth Amendment—Unenumerated Rights Crushed by Government Power. The Ninth Amendment affirms that the people retain rights ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...

For over 230 years, the Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States. Before the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation was the ruling document. But it had its problems, ...

Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether ...

On this date 236 years ago — September 17, 1787 — the U.S. Constitution was signed by its authors, and began its challenging journey toward ratification. Constitution Day is a good day to recognize ...

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME is now playing at The Invisible Theatre through February 2. Directed by Carrie J. Cole and starring IT Managing Artistic Director Betsy Kruse Craig, this powerful ...

Every military servicemember’s oath is a pledge to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It is ...

“What the Constitution Means to Me” is a highly personal take, not a civics lecture. Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck paid her college tuition by speaking in debate competitions across the country; now ...

On the day of his second inauguration, President Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” Sounds innocent enough, right? But this is ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for publishing revised employment data the president did not like caused considerable public outrage. Since the ...

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