Book reviews: ‘We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution’ and ‘Will There Ever Be Another You’

A History of the U.S. Constitution’ by Jill Lepore. J ill Lepore’s latest best seller “lands at the right moment, like a life ...

Book excerpt: "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution" by Jill Lepore

Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore explores the ongoing struggle to amend America's founding document and ...
PBS

Historian Jill Lepore explores the Constitution and its interpretations in ‘We the People’

Originalism is often countered by the idea that the Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to be interpreted and changed along with the times. Jill Lepore is a historian at Harvard ...
The Daily Signal

Clause-by-Clause Analysis of Constitution in New Heritage Guide

Mary Mobley is an editorial fellow in media and public relations at The Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation announced Wednesday the upcoming release of its newly revised “The Heritage Guide ...
The Conversation

Trump’s claims of vast presidential powers run up against Article 2 of the Constitution and exceed previous presidents’ power grabs

In 2022, I donated $20 to ActBlue. Those who wrote and wrangled over America’s Constitution might be troubled by the second presidency of Donald J. Trump. Historians differ about the framers’ precise ...
The New York Times

Jill Lepore Thinks the U.S. Constitution Might Break America

In “We the People,” the Harvard historian worries that the glacial amendment process is leading the country to crisis. Even the Constitution’s drafters and ratifiers readily conceded their handiwork ...