A compromise forged in secrecy during the summer of 1787 led to the creation of the United States Constitution.

In this election year, Democrats have argued, often and at length, that America is in danger of losing its democratic form of government. The Republican presidential candidate has virtually ...

This lack of compromise has led to extreme views in Congress and is bad for our democracy. Washington state should become the 30th of 34 states that are needed to call a constitutional convention to ...

A civics education group has joined with George Washington’s Mount Vernon homestead to provide a 21st century take on teaching the art of political compromise. The nonpartisan, nonprofit iCivics has ...

iCivics and George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum are announcing Constitutional Compromise, an online game that teaches kids about the making of the U.S. Constitution. It’s a game about the civility ...

Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the same ...

The scene. Origins of the Convention -- The delegates and the State House. Washington and Madison -- In Convention. Randolph introduces the Virginia plan -- Federal versus national. The "two supremes.

The Ohio GOP appears to be lining up behind the idea of a constitutional convention, with resolutions introduced in both the Ohio House and Senate. No more birthright citizenship, anyone? But a new ...

“Our Fathers in forming the Federal Constitution entered into a guilty compromise on the subject of Slavery, and heavily is that sin now visited upon their children.” The bracing opening line of ...

Why does the state need to spend as much as $4.6 million when an amendment can be introduced at any time by our elected leaders? When the average person hears the term constitutional convention, they ...

Ben Sheehan explains what happened at the first Convention and if the U.S could have another. You probably learned about the original Constitutional Convention (the one from 1787) in history class.