Most Americans couldn’t tell you what happened in 1913. They know Woodrow Wilson became president. They might recall the ...

The long-forgotten 17th Amendment — the one that gave us direct election of senators — has suddenly moved to center stage in the new debate over constitutional first principles fostered by the Tea ...

The 17th Amendment didn't start the federal expansion of the past century, but it cleared the institutional space that made ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Seventeenth Amendment, ...

Much has changed since the creation of the Electoral College. The great thing about America is everyone is entitled to their opinion. Some believe the United States is a democracy and the electoral ...

The founders built a structural limit on federal taxing power, a restriction the Progressive Era removed. The government that ...