The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history and law, explains why in We the People, the ...

Originalism is often countered by the idea that the Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to be interpreted and changed along with the times. Jill Lepore is a historian at Harvard ...

PHILADELPHIA (WHSV) - Nearly 240 years ago on Sept. 17, 1787, 39 delegates gathered at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to sign the new U.S. Constitution. The United States’ current ...

Harvard’s Jill Lepore is a triple threat: lauded historian, prominent legal scholar and New Yorker journalist. She approaches the American experiment from myriad angles, drawing on protagonists such ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.

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 ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On January 2, 1788, the state of Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution required extensive negotiations before it was set as the ...

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 ...

In "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution" (to be published Sept. 16 by Liveright), Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore explores the ongoing struggle to amend America's ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution" (to be published Sept. 16 by Liveright), Harvard professor and ...