Dr. Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute argues that the defense of liberty requires multiple answers to a fundamental political question: who rules? In Federalist No. 47, in the course of ...

Arthur Middleton took his father’s place in the Continental Congress to sign the Declaration in 1776. He fought against the British, was captured and later released. Arthur Middleton was the eldest ...

Passed by Congress January 31, 1865. Ratified December 6, 1865. The 13th Amendment changed a portion of Article IV, Section 2. SECTION. 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a ...

Caesar Rodney road overnight on his horse from Delaware to vote for independence in Philadelphia. During the war, Rodney served as Delaware’s governor. Caesar Rodney was born on his family’s ...

“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of ...

Two petitions filed in recent months at the Supreme Court seek to settle the question of the ability of Congress to ban the ...

The Historic Documents in this set cover the Gilded Age and the New Deal Era from 1877 through 1945. During this period, Americans engaged in vigorous debates over Jim Crow segregation, women’s rights ...

Charles Carroll did not hesitate to sign the Declaration despite the risk to his enormous wealth. He was the only Catholic whose name appears on the document. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Charles ...

William Floyd of Long Island attended the First and Second Continental Congresses. The British confiscated his farm for seven years after Floyd voted for independence. William Floyd was born in ...

Thomas Jefferson was portrayed by Caleb Tracy and James Madison was portrayed by John Zak in partnership with Historic Philadelphia, Inc. Julie Silverbrook is chief content and learning officer at the ...

In 1798, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts with the support of the Adams Administration. The Alien Act granted the President unilateral authority to deport non-citizens who were subjects of ...