The U.S. Constitution is one of our nation’s most important documents, laying the foundation for the greatest democratic experiment in history — putting power in the hands of the American people.

The Constitution’s opening words — “We the People” — captured the drafters’ intent at the outset that American democracy should be a government of, by and for the people. And the very first article of the Constitution focuses on Congress, created to serve as the people’s direct voice.

While the Constitution’s drafters in 1787 most certainly didn’t know what 2025, or even 1925 or 1825, would hold, they knew that a pluralistic democracy would likely face factionalism, disunity, and power grabs. So they provided structures capable of addressing the challenges American democracy would face in the ye

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