We never needed to develop new principles; we just needed to live up to our original ones, the moral bedrock on which this ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” So said the founders of our Nation, but as we approach ...

Thomas Jefferson’s first version of the Declaration of Independence told the truth about America that we would all be well served to remember and exalt this Fourth of July. He wrote, “We hold these ...

"Waves of Flags," an annual 9/11 commemoration at Pepperdine University, seen in September 2023. (Robyn Beck / AFP/Getty Images) Is it possible, at this deeply ideologically divided time, to ...

It’s the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation’s grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth re-engaging with the document whose ...

After years of unjust abuses of individual rights and taxation without representation, our courageous founding fathers took a firm stand and declared the American colonies independence from England.

Nothing is more fundamentally American than a commitment to truth, discourse, and understanding the world. That’s why the First Amendment is, well, first. It’s why our democracy has historically been ...

WASHINGTON – The good news for prospective citizens is that they will soon have more time to take the civics test that has long been a critical part of the citizenship process. The bad news is that, ...

UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky co-launched “We Hold These Truths,” a project focused on public education of basic constitutional principles. Established July 4, the project was ...

Is it possible, at this deeply ideologically divided time, to articulate a set of principles of American constitutional democracy that those across the political spectrum can agree upon? This was our ...