Although Hamilton found some of his ideas soundly rejected, he liked the resulting Constitution enough to become its chief ...

The Center for the Study of the American Constitution announces the discovery of a historic speech which shines new light on the ratification of the Constitution by New York. The speech by Melancton ...

An extremely rare copy of the U.S. Constitution was found in a North Carolina drawer in 2022. The document helped North Carolina join the new nation by ratifying the Constitution. The signed document ...

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor ...

On June 21, 1788, the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America when New Hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify it. The journey to ...

Newswise — Travis Crum is professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Crum’s scholarship explores the relationship between voting rights, race and federalism. He is an expert on ...

A rare copy of the US Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was sold for $9 million at an auction Thursday evening in North Carolina. Brunk Auctions sold the ...

A celebration commemorating the 200th anniversary of SC's ratification of the US Constitution. On May 23,rd 1988, on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina, the South Carolina General Assembly ...

More people are talking about the Declaration of Independence now than they likely have for decades, largely because of the festivities, exhibits, historical commemorations and other public events ...

In this seminar, we’ll do a close reading of arguments by federalists and antifederalists about ratification of the Constitution in1787-1788. We’ll work through the full selection of them in Debate on ...

The morning after -- "Take this or nothing" -- A war of printed words : the national debate begins -- The Pennsylvania ratifying convention- with Delaware, New Jersey, and Georgia -- "We the people" ...