As taught in schools, the history of the U.S. Constitution is relatively straightforward. In 1787, a group of 55 men gathered in Philadelphia to debate the rules that would govern the new nation. Over ...

Impeachment refers to the process of removing public officials from office for serious misconduct. With roots in 14th-century England, the U.S. Constitution provides: “The President, Vice President ...

In my nearly three decades of teaching introductory U.S. Government to undergraduates at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, I often used a story about an international conference of academic ...

America's current political discourse is far from uplifting these days, with our increasingly tribal politics leading to a series of seemingly endless high-decibel battles. The funniest description ...

Under what circumstances do new constitutions promote democracy? Between 1974 and 2011, the level of democracy increased in 62 countries following the adoption of a new constitution, but decreased or ...

In 2020, I was part of a constitutional challenge to the government’s plans to “redevelop" the Central Vista in New Delhi. One of the arguments that we made was that these plans had been ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As Republicans and Democrats argue over a new Ohio congressional redistricting plan this fall, their bickering reveals two very different interpretations of the state constitution’s ...