While the Fourth of July may mark the birth of our nation, September 17, the date of the signing of the U.S. Constitution that occurred right here in Philadelphia, is the birthday of our government.

The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution ...

Here is the abstract of Offices and Officers of the Constitution ... Oath or Affirmation Clause. Part IV traced the history of the "Office . . . under the United States" drafting convention.

With America’s constitution undergoing a stress test, it’s important to revisit and understand its fundamental structure and ...

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights ... However, in New York Times v. United States (1973), the Supreme Court ruled that a history of ...

as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the ...

Critics of the Tea Party point to this clause in the original constitution as proof that the Tea Party wants to take the country backwards, but Tea Party constitutionalists, for the most part ...