“Moderation is now equated with lacking principles, compromise means selling out. Yet our entire system of representative government since July 30, 1619, has depended on compromise. Not only is the ...

Under the Constitution, “a dependence on the people is…the primary control on the government.” [4] In a representative government, elections are the mechanism through which the people can ...

As Northeast and North Central Nebraskans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, we take note of the 2024 Best Countries report from U.S. News & World Report.

Indeed, representative government is guaranteed to every state by the US Constitution (Article IV, Section 4).

U.S. Army Col. (Ret.) Pat Proctor is a Kansas representative and chairman of the Kansas House Committee on Elections. He is ...

Representative FRANK PALLONE (Democrat, New Jersey): No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible ...

One of the Constitution’s most dangerous omissions is the lack of constraints on the federal government’s ability to tax, spend and borrow. For much of U.S. history, an informal culture of ...

Your View: Why the U.S. Constitution written in 1787 leads to dysfunctional government today Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...

Representative Cheney also talked about the results of the 2022 midterm elections and the importance of upholding the Constitution by remaining engaged in the democratic process.

The U.S. was established under the principles that all of us are created equal and are equal under the law, and that our government is to establish justice — the Bard: Constitution's principles ...