A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution forgotten inside a filing cabinet sold on Thursday for a $9 million hammer price, Andrew Brunk, the owner of the auction house managing the sale, confirmed to CBS ...

Treasures long forgotten by history have been uncovered beneath the surface in underground digs or hidden away in attics or storage spaces. In the case of a rare document nearly 237 years old, it was ...

Mercy Otis Warren lost that debate. But her ideas still left a mark, and for that reason, she is worth remembering and rereading today.

When James Madison and his fellow statesmen drafted the Constitution, they created our system of government, with its checks, balances and sometimes awkward compromises. The laws of the United States ...

The way United States Constitution of 1789 speaks about money has long puzzled observers. Why does it speak so little about money, people ask, and when it does treat the subject, why the weird ...