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US only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose

The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election. Thanks to the Electoral College, that has happened five times in the country’s history. The most recent examples are from 2000, when Al Gore won…

A 70-50 loss to James Madison made UNC look bad. This made the Tar Heels look worse.

Immigrants seeking to become United States citizens have to show a working knowledge of the nation’s history and how the federal government functions

Georgia representative was ridiculed for muddling up details about the signers of the Declaration of Independence

Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett's majority opinion includes significant errors, and violates some of her own precepts against excessive reliance on questionable history.

Some Fifth Circuit judges have trouble keeping separate church and state

Journalist Ari Berman says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hands of an elite minority — and that their decisions continue to impact American democracy today.