LEFT-CENTER BIAS
These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.
- Overall, we rate USConstitution.net Left-Center biased based on occasional interpretive political commentary and story selection that modestly favors left-leaning perspectives. We also rate them Mostly Factual due to strong educational material and accurate constitutional explanations, with deductions for limited funding transparency, subjective language in newer political posts, and intrusive ad-gated content.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER (-2.3)
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (2.7)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
USConstitution.net is a long-running civic education website dating back to 1995, created to make the U.S. Constitution clear, accessible, and relevant to non-experts. According to its authors’ page, the project aims to demystify constitutional text, provide historical context, and house a large archive of constitutional documents, amendments, and explanatory material. The site reintroduced itself through its contemporary blog as described on the About the Authors page, emphasizing civic literacy and non-specialist education.
Read our profile on the United States media and government.
Funded by / Ownership
The site is operated by its contributors, Eleanor Stratton, James Caldwell, and Charlotte Greene, under an independent educational model but monetized primarily through on-page advertising, including forced-ad-view interstitials embedded in explanatory articles. These “Click here to reveal text by watching a short ad” elements indicate that advertising revenue is a core funding source. No donors or institutional backers are disclosed, and no ownership entity beyond the writers themselves is listed, limiting transparency.
Analysis / Bias
On its face, USConstitution.net is primarily educational, offering static pages explaining constitutional clauses, amendments, terminology, and historical documents. These pages — such as the Constitution sections listed throughout the Constitution archive — are largely neutral, focused on plain-language interpretation, and consistent with traditional civic-education resources. However, the site’s modern blog content offers interpretive analysis that leans modestly left of center.
For example, the explanatory news feature “Government Shutdowns Explained” places shutdowns within a constitutional framework, accurately describing the Antideficiency Act and its evolution, but it also frames shutdown politics as a “self-inflicted wound” and highlights dysfunction consistent with critiques typically found in center-left commentary. While the material remains factual, the wording occasionally shifts from neutral description to evaluative tone.
More explicit political lean emerges in articles such as “Why the President Is Fighting to Hide the Evidence of His Own Indictment”, which critiques Donald Trump’s legal strategy, characterizing it as a bid to rewrite historical accountability. The piece relies on constitutional reasoning and public-record facts but is framed through a skeptical interpretation of Trump’s motives. Reader comment threads further reinforce the site’s generally left-leaning audience.
While educational pages are well-sourced and responsibly presented, the addition of mild political interpretation, lack of embedded citations, and occasional subjective wording prevents a rating above Mostly Factual. The heavy presence of ad-gated text also affects transparency.
Failed Fact Checks
- No IFCN-verified failed fact checks were found for USConstitution.net. Historically, the site has been used by educators.
Overall, we rate USConstitution.net Left-Center biased based on occasional interpretive political commentary and story selection that modestly favors left-leaning perspectives. We also rate them Mostly Factual due to strong educational material and accurate constitutional explanations, with deductions for limited funding transparency, subjective language in newer political posts, and intrusive ad-gated content. (D. Van Zandt 12/08/2025)
Source: https://www.usconstitution.net/
Last Updated on December 10, 2025 by Media Bias Fact Check
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