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What America Gets Wrong About Three Important Words in the Second Amendment

The NRA misquotes George Mason to support its own view of "well-regulated militia."

by Robyn Pennacchia via Quartz on February 24, 2018

How We Learned to Love the Bill the Rights

A new book argues that the fetishization of the first ten amendments is a recent thing – and that it comes at a cost.

by Sara Mayeux on February 8, 2018

Could the 25th Amendment Be Trump’s Downfall?

An explanation of the provision that allows for the removal of a president who is deemed by others to be unable to serve.

by Jon Meacham via TIME on January 11, 2018

Lithograph by Winslow Homer titled "Thanksgiving Day in the Army" depicting soldiers pulling apart a wishbone.

A Confederate Curriculum

How Miss Millie taught the Civil War.

by Jonathan Zimmerman via Lapham’s Quarterly on November 6, 2017

Five Types of Gun Laws the Founding Fathers Loved

A Second Amendment scholar makes the case that gun restrictions are not a recent phenomenon.

by Saul Cornell via The Conversation on October 15, 2017

Inside the Founding Fathers’ Debate Over What Constituted an Impeachable Offense

If not for three sparring Virginia delegates, Congress’s power to remove a president would be even more limited.

by Erick Trickey via Smithsonian on October 2, 2017

Painting of the signing of the Constitution.

The Gun Argument That’s Not Even Wrong

Why the “Founders’ Intent” doesn’t matter.

by Yonatan Zunger via NewCo Shift on October 2, 2017

History Frowns on Partisan Gerrymandering

On the eve of a major redistricting case at the Supreme Court, a look back at what the nation's founders would have thought.

by Michael Waldman, Cliff Sloan via Washington Post on October 1, 2017

Impeachment, American Style

It’s our democracy’s ultimate weapon for self-defense. But does intense political opposition justify its use?

by Cass R. Sunstein via The New Yorker on September 20, 2017

How the Fight Over Civil Forfeiture Lays Bare the Contradictions in Modern Conservatism

The brewing conflict between originalism and law-and-order politics.

by Sarah A. Seo via Made By History on July 24, 2017

Presidential Revisionism

The New York Times published the flimsiest defense of Trump’s apparent emoluments violations yet.

by Gautham Rao, Jed Handelsman Shugerman via Slate on July 17, 2017

Elizabeth Freeman.

How Two Massachusetts Slaves Won Their Freedom — And Then Abolished Slavery

What today's activists can learn from their victories.

by Ben Railton via Made By History on July 3, 2017

A Bullet Can Cross the Border. Can the Constitution? The Supreme Court Won’t Say.

The Supreme Court punts on Hernandez v. Mesa, leaving the Constitution lost in the borderlands.

by Sarah A. Seo via Made By History on June 27, 2017

Trump’s Defense of Taking Foreign Money Is Historically Illiterate

The Justice Department lawyers are getting the Founding Fathers all wrong.

by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on June 11, 2017

How the ‘Hamilton Effect’ Distorts the Founders

Too often, we look to history not to understand it, but to seek out confirmation for our preexisting beliefs. That’s a problem.

by Mike Lee via Politico Magazine on May 30, 2017

How Impeachment Ended Up in the Constitution

James Madison thought of a lot of good reasons to impeach a President. Members of Congress might want to consult his list.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on May 18, 2017

The Roots of Segregation

"The Color of Law" offers an indicting critique of the progressive agenda.

by Carl Paulus via The American Conservative on May 5, 2017

Why There Was a Civil War

Some issues aren’t amenable to deal making; some principles don’t lend themselves to compromise.

by Yoni Appelbaum via The Atlantic on May 1, 2017

The Debate Over Executive Orders Began With Teddy Roosevelt's Mad Passion for Conservation

Teddy used nearly 10 times as many executive orders as his predecessor. The repercussions are still felt today.

by Lorraine Boissoneault via Smithsonian on April 17, 2017

Divided We Fall

We need a radical solution to avert the disintegration of our political system.

by Ganesh Sitaraman via The New Republic on April 10, 2017

The Supreme Court building.

Knowing How vs. Knowing That: Navigating the Past

How should we interpret the United States Constitution?

by Jonathan Gienapp via Process: A Blog for American History on April 4, 2017

Policing the Colony: From the American Revolution to Ferguson

King George's tax collectors abused police powers to fill his coffers. Sound familiar?

by Chris Hayes via The Nation on March 29, 2017

The History Test

How should the courts use history?

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on March 27, 2017

Billboard that reads "God Loves You" above an American flag and doves.

One Nation Under Gods

Despite what Steve King says, the U.S. was never a Christian nation.

by Richard White via Boston Review on March 22, 2017

Constitutional Originalism and History

Does the most historically minded school of constitutional law push history aside?

by Jonathan Gienapp via Process: A Blog for American History on March 20, 2017

Slavery, Democracy, and the Racialized Roots of the Electoral College

The Electoral College was created to help white Southerners maintain their disproportionate influence in national governance.

by Christopher F. Petrella via Black Perspectives on November 14, 2016

Freedom vs. Liberty: Why Religious Conservatives Have Begun to Chose One Over the Other

Religious "freedom" and "liberty" have always had different connotations.

by Stephanie Russell-Kraft via Religion Dispatches on October 12, 2016

The Strange Career of Free Exercise

How efforts to bolster religious liberty set off a chain of unintended consequences.

by Garrett Epps via The Atlantic on April 4, 2016

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Going Negative

Judicial dissent in the Supreme Court has a long history.

by Thomas Healy via Boston Review on November 12, 2015

Crowds of people surrounding the General Land Office and accompanying tents

Hail to the Pencil Pusher

American bureaucracy's long and useful history.

by Mike Konczal via Boston Review on September 21, 2015

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