Articles by James Caldwell

Current News This page will attempt to distill all current news and issues about the Constitution into a quick, easy-to-read format. Note that because the Court and the Congress meet in cycles, there will be periods of activity and inactivity on this page. If you are aware of any important news...

The U.S. Constitution FAQ Advertisement The U.S. Constitution On-Line has been online in one form or another since 1995. In that time, I have have had a lot of questions asked of me about the Constitution. This page, and the ones it links to, are a compilation of the best of those questions. This...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 1 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

Constitution of the People’s Republic of China Advertisement The following is the complete text of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, as adopted on December 4, 1982. The electronic text was acquired from the The Wiretap Electronic Text Archive and was marked up for Web display...

The Boston Port Act Advertisement In 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea in America without any duty. The act was partially passed because the East India Company’s imports of tea into America had declined sharply during the...

Choose a format to view the Constitution

Choose a format to view the Constitution Please choose a format to view: Enhanced: All-in-one Enhanced: One page per section Plain: All-in-one PDF: All-in-one Images All-in-one, in Spanish The Constitution is also available for viewing on a Palm device or Kindle using the standard Mobile Document...

The Administration of Justice Act

Advertisement Worried by the courts that convened in America and in Massachusetts in particular, and their bias toward the colonists over their British governors, on May 20, 1774, the Parliament passed the Administration of Justice Act. It provided that the governor of Massachusetts had the...

Trump says US 'continues to totally demolish' Iranian forces as House splits

A nonbinding House resolution reaffirming the U.S. stance that Iran is the “largest state sponsor of terrorism” passed Thursday, and the political reaction quickly followed. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the Democrats who voted against the measure, turning a procedural...

Judge orders government to begin refunding $130B in Trump tariffs—what’s next

What happens when a court says a president collected money he was never allowed to collect in the first place? Right now, that question is not a headline about checks going out. It is a live legal and administrative fight playing out in real time. In the U.S. Court of International Trade, Judge...