While the Fourth of July may mark the birth of our nation, September 17, the date of the signing of the U.S. Constitution that occurred right here in Philadelphia, is the birthday of our government.

By Hank Sanders A rare copy of the United States Constitution that was printed shortly after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and played a role in the document’s adoption by the original 13 ...

Under English common law, punishment for treason generally included drawing, hanging ... notes in his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833) that the explicit grant of ...