The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.

“The United States of America is a federal republic: a federation of states governed by written constitutions,” wrote Russell Kirk. The Constitution created a republican form of government. A ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Thanksgiving invites us to pause and consider the gifts we often overlook. This year, at a moment of rising ...

Thanksgiving invites us to pause and consider the gifts we often overlook. This year, at a moment of rising political unease and ideological confusion, I am especially grateful for one extraordinary ...

Japan insists the Izumo-class is only a helicopter destroyer. Yet it looks and operates almost exactly like a modern aircraft carrier—with one major legal obstacle standing in the way. From post-war ...

From a decision earlier this month in Byrd v. Middletown Bd. of Ed., by Connecticut trial court Judge Sheila Ozalis; Byrd was a teacher who "was teaching a lesson on 'recognizing racial epithets' as a ...

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In Nicholas Clairmont’s review of “The Great Contradiction” (Bookshelf, Oct. 27), he quotes the author, Joseph J. Ellis, who stipulates that “historians can argue convincingly that the founders failed ...

I am not a democrat or a republican — I am fiercely independent. I value our state’s “Live Free or Die” mentality. And my message to our representatives is simple: Do your job. You took an oath, now ...

The U. S. Constitution is the world’s longest-surviving written constitution. However, some have expressed frustration with our government’s fundamental rule book. Some have even suggested the ...

IMAGINE the following scene. You live in an apartment complex in one of New Hampshire’s cities. It’s past midnight. You and your children are fast asleep. Suddenly, you’re awakened by the clatter of ...