Our system of government is nearing its 250th anniversary. Some people take it for granted, but now would be a good time to remember a forgotten part: the Preamble to the Constitution. The Preamble to ...

Back in 1789, at the Constitutional Convention, the participants began by deciding why they were there. They did not first discuss whether to have a president or a king or debate whether the ...

Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: The U.S. Constitution starts with the words ...

Editor’s note: This is one in a series examining the Constitution and Federalist Papers in today’s America. The preamble to our Constitution was a last-minute addition to the document that, according ...

Fellow citizens, with the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill, let’s consider this new preamble to the Constitution composed by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.: “We the billionaires, and our King, in order to ...

To the editor: As former Secretary of State and retired Army Gen. Colin Powell noted, President Trump has shown little regard for our Constitution — how it not only confers but limits powers, and how ...

Our Declaration of Independence sets forth our inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and our Constitution/Bill of Rights sets forth the legal framework to ensure and ...

On the Fourth of July, we celebrate the birth of our nation and the structure of government the Founding Fathers established when they wrote the Constitution. The system of checks and balances they ...

To commemorate the 76th Constitution Day, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday directed for the Preamble of the ...

To commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Indian Constitution Act, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday directed that the Preamble of the Constitution be read aloud across all government ...