How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

The Big Beautiful Bill proposes devastating cuts to clean energy, climate investments, worker protections and infrastructure.

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

Discover who James Madison is. Learn about his early life, his key role in the Federalist Papers & Bill of Rights, and his ...

Secretary Hegseth is reportedly considering re-naming the USNS Harvey Milk. It has to be done. Naming a ship after a ...

Why have a vast majority of conservative judges remained faithful to their legal philosophies when we’ve watched a vast majority of Republicans twist themselves into pretzels celebrating Trump for ...

Introduction James Madison and James Monroe are often remembered as mediocre presidents. In C-SPAN’s 2021 Presidential Rankings Survey, Madison came in at 16 and Monroe at 12. Their reputations ...

Yet of the 85 papers written by the three authors, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and (my hero, as regular readers know) James Madison, the most famous was Federalist 10, penned by Madison this week ...

Madison discusses how a large, republican government can mitigate the effects of factions. One of the more well-known founding fathers, James Madison was the primary author of the U.S. Constitution, ...

We talk first and then decide. There is wide agreement that the most important essay ever written about American democracy is Madison’s “Federalist No. 10.” ...