Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the compromise ultimately helped end slavery, while historians generally agree it reinforced the power of slave states.

Local groups want an apology after Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith made comments defending the 1787 Three-Fifths Compromise, ...

A confession by Chile's Constitutional Convention's former Deputy Vice President Rodrigo Rojas Vade, who admitted it was not true that he had a deadly disease, continues to raise controversy ...

With America’s Constitution undergoing a stress test, it’s important to revisit and understand its fundamental structure and ...

With America’s constitution undergoing a stress test, it’s important to revisit and understand its fundamental structure and ...

Some will argue this country entered into a constitutional crisis only recently, but the moment I realized we were in one was ...

Butch Speer, who worked for Bubba at the 1973 constitutional convention and later as the longtime clerk of the House of Representatives, saw firsthand Bubba’s rare combination of principled ...

Jeff Ficek continues his Spirit of '76 series with this fourth installment, exploring the men behind America’s founding.