There has been much talk of late about the institution of American democracy and what it takes to preserve it. This discussion has focused largely on the formal legal basis for democratic institutions embodied in the Constitution of the United States.

The American Constitution Society named Phil Brest, a former senior White House Counsel under Joe Biden, its president as top progressive legal organizations tap new leadership amid Trump administration attacks on lawyers and the judicial system.

The meeting at Quantico was a transformation point in the second Trump presidency. It turned the assembled admirals and generals into a de facto enemy of the people. It transforms the United States into an autocracy and the presidency into a dictatorship. This is the tragedy of Trump’s America.

Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the current US Supreme Court has become one of the most partisan in American history. This judicial devotion to party could not come at a more dangerous time, as

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution."

Every American should read the U.S. Constitution, especially the articles describing the powers of the president, Congress and the Supreme Court. For example Article II Section 1 of the Constitution requires that in order to be president, a person must ...

The Constitution vests in the president both power and prudence. When unrest spreads and the ordinary mechanisms of enforcement falter, the law grants the nation’s chief executive broad discretion to decide how best to maintain order and protect federal interests.

Under Feingold’s nakedly partisan leadership, ACS was unimpressive — and, best as we could tell on the right — uninfluential.

Extremists in both major U.S. political parties, MAGA Republicans and uncompromising Democrats, are widening the chasm between Americans to the detriment of the nation.

The National Archives in Washington, D.C. will be showcasing the four pages of the historic document, plus a rarely shown "fifth page," the Bill of Rights and the 17 other amendments

Defiant Democrats are embracing this weekend’s “No Kings” rallies, bashing the GOP’s attacks on the anti-Trump protests as an assault on free speech while urging voters to take to the streets.