Americans across the country may not know that Monday, December 15, is officially “Bill of Rights Day,” a milestone marking the ratification of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution 234 ...

Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison advocating a Bill of Rights: "Half a loaf is better than no bread. If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can." Congress shall make no law ...

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — South Carolina lawmakers took the first vote to approve the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution on Jan. 18, 1790. The state’s House of Representatives passed a ...

As the nation approaches its 250th birthday next year, the National Archives has mounted its first display of the entire Constitution. The exhibition gives viewers a chance to see not only the ...