The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787 and ratified by nine of the original 13 states a year later, is the world’s longest-surviving written constitution. But that doesn’t mean it has stayed the same ...

Hopeful is right. I’m not an optimist, but I’m hopeful that the Constitution can still work for us because I think the Constitution was intended to address exactly the kinds of problems we face now.

When the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in 1787 to debate what form of government the United States should have, there were no contemporary democracies in Europe from which they could ...

In honor of the anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution on September 17, 1787, AEI’s Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies division marked Constitution Day with a lecture by Yuval ...

On June 17, AEI’s J. Joel Alicea, Yuval Levin, Gary J. Schmitt, and Adam J. White hosted a symposium examining the American Revolution’s role in shaping American constitutionalism. The first panel ...

On Aug. 6, the Library of Congress’ annotated website of the U.S. Constitution was missing sections of Article 1 including provisions about habeas corpus and the limits and powers of Congress and U.S.

How did Americans come to worship the Constitution? The Constitution is often invoked as a safeguard for American democracy, but does it more often get in democracy’s way? The Supreme Court has taken ...

Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.com A constitution is arguably the most essential document in any country. The US Constitution is the law of the land in the United States, and it, along with the ...

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground." — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The U.S. Constitution was ratified to create and to restrain the government. It ...

The Library of Congress today said a coding error resulted in the deletion of parts of the US Constitution from Congress’ website and promised a fix after many ...