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President John F. Kennedy’s death on November 22, 1963 traumatized a nation and led a united Congress to make a key constitutional change, in the form of the 25th amendment.

It was on this day in 1777 that the Articles of Confederation, the first American constitution, was sent to the 13 states for consideration. It didn’t last a decade, for some obvious reasons.

On this date, the House assembled for the first time in the North wing of the Capitol. Although work halted on the central domed section and the House side (South wing) of the building, enough space was completed to receive the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the Library of Congress to the new permanent site of the federal government in Washington, D.C. In the fall of 1800, only the President’s House, the North wing of the Capitol, and a road connecting the two, P...

The right of a citizen to vote is not directly protected in the Constitution, and throughout our history that right has often been granted to some, but denied to others. However, through various amendments to the Constitution, the right to vote has become more and more inclusive.

Halloween's origins, traditions, facts, scary movies and more.

On October 20, 1803, the Senate ratified a treaty with France, promoted by President Thomas Jefferson, that doubled the size of the United States. But was Jefferson empowered to make that $15 million deal under the Constitution?

National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for Speech to the Women's Rights Convention, Assembled in Worcester, MA (1851)

We sit down to discuss the founding of the country and where we’re going next.

Each year, the Supreme Court starts its new term on the first Monday of the month of October, an annual event that goes back to 1917. Why is that day so special and when did the Justices start their annual sessions before then?