On November 29, 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a Resolution for the establishment of an independent ...

I frequently answer constitutional questions from individuals who want to know more about the relationship between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most of them understand that ...

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(The Conversation) — On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the ...

Part of a series of occasional features marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It has been almost 250 years since John Dunlap’s Philadelphia print shop pulled an all-nighter ...

For 250 years, Americans have been innocently misled by the first line on the Declaration of Independence. Though adopted by the Continental Congress on that famous date, the revered parchment now ...

David Armitage explores the Declaration of Independence’s impact in world history as well as its significance within the United States, though for distinct and different reasons. Weeks before his ...

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

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