Before being honoured at the 2026 Grammy Awards, the 14th Dalai Lama, born Tenzin Gyatso, has been honoured with numerous ...

Not so long ago, originalism seemed safely contained. Ascendant during the Reagan era, originalists argued that the Constitution should be interpreted according to its original meaning, but when ...

Last July, while on his way to his job as a security guard at a cannabis farm in California, George Retes was tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, and arrested by federal agents conducting an immigration raid ...

President Donald Trump met with lawyer Alan Dershowitz to discuss a draft book exploring whether the Constitution could allow a third presidential term, sparking renewed debate over potential legal ...

On the evening of Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her newly published book, “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” A Harvard professor of History and Law ...

For more than two centuries, amendments have allowed our Constitution to grow with the country. The 13th Amendment, for instance put an end to slavery, while the 19th gave women the vote. It was ...

Ms. Andrias is a professor of constitutional law and labor law at Columbia Law School, who studies the role of social movements in changing law. In case after case over the past eight months, a ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

If there is a silver lining in these dark days for American democracy, it is the pressure test that President Trump and his allies are putting on the Constitution. They are revealing loopholes, gaps ...

The complete U.S. Constitution has gone on display for the first time in history. While the National Archives Museum in Washington D.C. permanently exhibits the four pages of the Constitution together ...