U S Constitution

history-government

The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 tax protest in which farmers in western Pennsylvania resisted a federal excise tax on distilled spirits. It became the first major constitutiona...

biography

Alexander Hamilton defined government as a capable, energetically administered union that could secure liberty, finance credit, and foster commercial growth. In Federalist No. 1...

Government & Politics

The qualifications of Congress define who may serve in the U.S. House and Senate. These requirements are set by the Constitution and clarified by law, balancing age, citizenship...

law

The Supremacy Clause is one of the most important yet least understood provisions of the U.S. Constitution for people navigating everyday legal and regulatory questions. It esta...

constitutional-law

Article 2 Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution addresses the impeachment powers of Congress and the grounds for removing federal officials, specifically the President, Vice Presid...

government-and-civic

The question of what the House can do that the Senate cannot centers on their different constitutional roles in Congress. The House holds the exclusive power to originate revenu...

government

To run for the U.S. House of Representatives, you must be at least 25 years old ; to run for the U.S. Senate, you must be at least 30 years old . These minimum ages are set in t...

U.S. Constitutional History

The Three-Fifths Clause was a specific rule in the United States Constitution that determined how enslaved people were counted for purposes of congressional representation and d...

constitutional-law

The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution establishes that U.S. senators shall be elected by the people of each state, replacing the earlier system in which state leg...

Guides And Explainers

The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state because the U.S. Constitution designates it as a federal district under Congress’s exclusive authority. Created in 1790 to serve a...