Two petitions filed in recent months at the Supreme Court seek to settle the question of the ability of Congress to ban the ...

Thomas Jefferson was portrayed by Caleb Tracy and James Madison was portrayed by John Zak in partnership with Historic Philadelphia, Inc. Julie Silverbrook is chief content and learning officer at the ...

Stanford University Professor Caroline Winterer explores how the American founders drew inspiration from not only classical Greece and Rome, but other civilizations in the ancient world, including ...

This program is presented in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of First Amendment Day, a new annual celebration inviting visitors of all ages to explore the five ...

A March 2026 executive order from President Donald Trump requiring the United States Postal Service to only send mail-in ballots to people on a federal list of voters is the latest dispute to reach ...

On Tuesday, a divided Supreme Court held that state lawmakers can regulate gender identity in scholastic sports competitions, and in particular, block transgender students born as biological men from ...

On Tuesday, a divided Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship and offered a broad constitutional understanding of the right to automatic ...

A deeply divided federal appeals court has ruled that public schools in Texas are allowed to display Ten Commandments posters or framed copies in public school classrooms, setting up a potential ...

Editor’s Note: On March 27, 2026, the SAVE Act failed to advance in the Senate before the chamber recessed for two weeks. The proposed bill still remains active for consideration. Some Republican ...

One of the biggest cases in the Supreme Court’s current term involves the constitutional rights of transgender school students to compete in sports competitions. After more than three hours of ...

The recent seizure and arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, on drug-related charges by United States forces is drawing comparisons to a case from an earlier era: ...