The individuals who established the fundamental principles driving today’s democratic society were 18th-century Enlightenment thinkers. Among them, the core ideas were ‘natural rights’ and ‘social ...

Editor: We don’t necessarily have parties with hamburgers and hot dogs on Sept. 17, but we should make time to celebrate a momentous event. It was that day, 238 years ago, our Constitution was signed.

Federal courts have ruled that President Donald Trump did not have legal authority to impose his worldwide “Liberation Day” tariffs, nor his earlier tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. Trump and his ...

The U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787 both to establish a new central government and to limit it. Some of the limitations are direct, some are subtle and some are hidden. The chief instrument of ...

When James Madison was in his study in his Montpelier home, working out his ideas for the government that he would present to the Constitutional Convention this week (May 29) in 1787, he realized the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Congress expressly prohibited the secretary of education from “abolishing organizational entities established” in the department’s ...

The judiciary exists to interpret laws and ensure they comply with the Constitution. If the executive branch were to violate the constitutional rights of individuals—for example, by attempting to ...

Imagine the president having the power to unilaterally cancel any expenditure that has already been enacted into law. A Democratic president could wake up one morning and decide to cancel all border ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Speaker Tim Moore speaks with House Speaker-Designate Destin Hall during debate on a bill at the General Assembly on Tuesday ...