As taught in schools, the history of the U.S. Constitution is relatively straightforward. In 1787, a group of 55 men gathered in Philadelphia to debate the rules that would govern the new nation. Over ...

In 2020, I was part of a constitutional challenge to the government’s plans to “redevelop" the Central Vista in New Delhi. One of the arguments that we made was that these plans had been ...

In my nearly three decades of teaching introductory U.S. Government to undergraduates at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, I often used a story about an international conference of academic ...

In his first week in office, President Donald Trump, his administration, and the Republican party have made it clear they are intent on disrupting the status quo in the country. From renaming the Gulf ...

Under what circumstances do new constitutions promote democracy? Between 1974 and 2011, the level of democracy increased in 62 countries following the adoption of a new constitution, but decreased or ...

Re: “Trump says he’s leaving due process to his lawyers” (May 5, A1): So, President Donald Trump doesn’t know whether he has to obey the Constitution? Did he bother to read it before taking an oath to ...

Asked this weekend whether he needs to uphold the U.S. Constitution, President Donald Trump flatly said, “I don’t know.” And you know what? I agree with him. I’ve always viewed the Constitution as ...

The Heritage Guide to the Constitution was a collaborative effort of more than 150 authors, who were advised by a practitioner, judicial, and academic boards. My co-author John Malcolm and I described ...

The U.S. Constitution "maybe" requires due process for both citizens and noncitizens, GOP Representative Pete Sessions of Texas said in an interview on CNN Monday. His comments echo those of President ...

There is a critical misconception about the 1995 Constitution. Many scholars, historians, and public commentators have praised it as democratic and promising. But the truth is that it was built on ...