I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson ...

The phrase was reportedly first used 250 years ago Sunday by lawyer and legislator Patrick Henry to persuade Virginia ...

Thomas Jefferson called slavery a “hideous blot” and “a moral depravity,” but held hundreds of Africans captive at Monticello. He condemned the trade in African bodies in the first draft of the ...

A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national ...

Trump critics are hypocrites who didn't criticize Biden power grabs. They are also ignorant of major constitutional crises ...

In these turbulent and sad times, it is hard to keep quiet about abuses and violations of human rights taking place around ...

Washington refused, and after British capitulation in 1783, he relinquished his command to Congress. In 1789, after the Constitution was ratified as a legal solution to the problems of confederation, ...

That Constitution was ratified in 1789 and is one of the most misunderstood documents in human history. The 1789 Constitution delegated, from the states to the federal government, certain CLEARLY ...

When the Constitution was written, many people – from those who drafted the document to those who read it – believed that endowing the president with such powers was dangerous. Ratified after ...