The Constitution of Alaska is a masterpiece of careful thought and straightforward language. Among other things it enshrines the right of privacy. Not implied but declared, Article 1, section 22 ...

Alaska constitutional convention delegate Vic Fischer signs Alaska's first constitution in 1955. (Courtesy Vic Fischer) At 98, Fischer is the last surviving delegate from Alaska’s first and only ...

Vic Fischer, the last living signer of Alaska’s constitution, died Sunday at his Anchorage home. He was 99. Fischer was born in Berlin in 1924, to a Russian mother and an American father.

This is not a healthy environment for treating the constitution as a blank piece of paper and writing a new version with a politically infused Sharpie. But that’s where Alaska could be headed.

A constitutional convention would encourage horse-trading with Alaska’s foundation and future. It would inevitably be a negotiation involving numerous special interests. Like any negotiation in ...

We have also recognized "that 'the right to make decisions about medical treatments for oneself … is a fundamental liberty and privacy right' under the Alaska Constitution." This right must ...

May 1 is Law Day and its near coincidence with Alaska Constitution Day (April 24), is worth noting. Alaska has been spared the partisan wars of federal judicial appointments because our ...

They argue the Alaska Constitution includes a right to a livable climate and the state is violating that right by trying to build a massive new natural gas pipeline from the North Slope.