The United States of America has one of the oldest functioning constitutional republics in the world. We cannot take that for granted. We must all be informed citizens. To preserve the rights and ...

The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution is straightforward. It was the seventh amendment of the Bill of Rights. Those rights were ratified by the states in about two years of the original ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He formerly served as an appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues ...

The United States’ Founding Fathers are some of the most important names in a young nation’s history. The Founding Fathers contributed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Are you ...

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, is taking heat for remarks arguing there is no way to identify the Founding Fathers' thoughts on key issues when interpreting the Constitution, asking, "Who the heck would ...

The best way to understand where we are today, and where we might be headed tomorrow, is to look at where we came from yesterday. That is particularly helpful for all parties in the ever-growing ...

The First Amendment reads, in part, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Known as the establishment clause, scholars generally agree it points to the founders’ desire ...

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) on Tuesday asked who would know how to interpret our Constitution at a Senate hearing on the impact of the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs. "Originalism, the Justices who take ...

Paul G. Summers is an attorney. He formerly served as an appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on ...