DOGE was the brainchild of billionaire Elon Musk, who once promised he could find $1 trillion in budget cuts in the Trump ...

In Stinson, a unanimous Court gave great deference to the commentary in sentencing decisions, holding that “the Guidelines ...

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same ...

Universal suffrage proposals first emerged during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877). Suffragists later modeled their proposal after the 15th Amendment (1870) and settled on language to end sex ...

The National Constitution Center’s Founders’ Library includes primary texts that span American history—from the philosophical works that influenced the Founding generation to the most important ...

Get more familiar with the Bill of Rights with this simple bingo game. During a lesson or activity on the Bill or Rights, listen for these important terms and mark off the squares on the board. See ...

Prince Hall was a free African American living in Boston. He began a petition campaign to end slavery in 1773. But after 1776, he had new authority to draw on—the power of the Declaration of ...

The 1735 trial of John Peter Zenger later shaped the Founding generation’s commitment to a free press. In the 1730s, Zenger published an article criticizing the Royal Governor of New York for removing ...

The 1965 debate between noted author and civil rights activist James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, Jr., writer and “Father of the Modern Conservative Movement,” took place at a most challenging ...

The National Constitution Center is the first and only museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution. Through interactive exhibits, rare artifacts, and live theater, we bring the Constitution to life for ...

Thomas Mifflin served as president of the Confederation Congress, attended the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and became Pennsylvania’s first Governor. Thomas Mifflin was born in Philadelphia in ...

Philip Livingston was part of a large and politically influential family. He signed the Declaration, and then British forces took over his Brooklyn estate. Philip Livingston was born in Albany, New ...