In “Democracy in America,” Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1835 that “the greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Founding Founders of the United States of America listed several of their goals in the Preamble to the Constitution, which ...

After sending a letter earlier today (April 14) which expressed my confusion about a letter writer's claim in the April 14 issue ("Writers twisting Constitution's words"), I finally discovered that he ...

We talk a lot about the U.S. Constitution, but how much do we pay attention to what it says? The Constitution begins with “We the People of the United States…,” which means it is a statement made by ...

The person most responsible for the Constitution’s final form was Gouverneur Morris. The Preamble, which begins with “We the People,” is one of the world’s most recognizable bits of prose — prose that ...

The draft of the proposed new constitution is still under discussion, and there is no final text yet, according to Member of ...