The story of the U.S. Constitution does not begin with the signing of the document on September 17, l787, nor with the ninth state ratifying it and thereby establishing it as the supreme law of the land. Nor does the story begin with the Philadelphia...

Constitutional convention may refer to: Constitutional convention (political meeting), a meeting of delegates to adopt a new constitution or revise an existing constitution Philadelphia Convention, of 1787, resulted in the United States Constitution...

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-29-2004 Constitutional convention -- Lowering property taxes the hard way Date: 11-29-2004, Monday Section: OPINION Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B NEW JERSEY appears on the verge of approving a constitutional...

In the early 1990s, Mario Cuomo campaigned across the state calling for to bypass the Legislature and the special interests to fix the mess in Albany. He was strongly supported by business groups and most of the media, and resolutely opposed by the...

Calling it a "question of conscience," Gov.-elect Deval Patrick urged legislators Tuesday to avoid voting on an amendment to ban gay marriage despite the Supreme Judicial Court's ruling last week that the state constitution requires such a vote.Patrick met separately Tuesday with Sen. President Robert...

A letter George Washington wrote more than two centuries ago has been found in a child's scrapbook, and presents historians with some fresh mysteries into his efforts to found a new nation.The 111-word letter was sent in May 1787 to Jacob Morris. Morris's 10-year-old granddaughter,...