The word secession is not in the Constitution, but the Civil War Era answered the question of whether states may secede from ...

One of contentious parts of the history of the American Civil War is the question of whether southern blacks served as ...

So the second Trump term will be the last. That may not be much comfort for progressives, but there is one important point to ...

For three hot days, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, more than 150,000 soldiers from the armies of the United States of America ...

For the Senate to go into recess specifically to avoid its constitutional duties would be a shameful first in American ...

The United States of America is a country situated in the North American continent. It is the fourth largest country in the ...

We’re a conflicted bunch in continuous search for a county identity. But perhaps we’re slowly finding our way.

Lincoln’s assassination, and the ineffectual leadership of his successor, Andrew Johnson, enabled the Congress to control ...

Some current and former officials fear Trump's team could target the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force ...

The Provisional Confederate Congress met for three months inside the General ... the Alabama legislature operates mainly through committees when considering proposed bills. The Constitution of Alabama ...

The effort to make the national debt sacrosanct and to repudiate the Confederate ... United States bonds. The Supreme Court did hold that Congress had exceeded its power under the Constitution ...