Following the 2020 Republican and Democratic National Conventions, this week's We the People looks back to past conventions throughout history. Host Jeffrey Rosen and scholars John Gerring and Michael Holt explore the constitutional positions the parties have taken from America's founding to the Civil War era and beyond, diving into 19th-century party platforms to consider the evolution of the parties’ constitutional positions. 

Happy Labor Day Weekend! The first Monday in September is celebrated nationally as Labor Day—but how did we get the holiday and why is no one quite sure who created it? Read the Constitution Daily blog post below to learn more.

"The Congress shall have Power To ... make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers,"

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Read > a roundup of this week's articles from The Battle for the Constitution—a partnership with The Atlantic that explores constitutional debates in American life.

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