Proposed by James Madison and crafted in response to concerns about federal overreach, the Bill of Rights, or the first ten ...

Is the Constitution hazardous to our nation? According to the New York Times it is. At least, that’s what the Times’ book ...

If a candidate were to win each of the thirty smallest states by exactly one vote and not receive a single vote anywhere else ...

James Madison University is named after the fourth president of the United States, but its mascot is named after the ...

Constitution Day commemorates a signal achievement, one creating a government strong enough to maintain order but with powers ...

A project at Stanford points to the need for institutional innovation, especially in government, to increase the odds that ...

Commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. Constitution on the historic grounds this Saturday at James Madison’s Montpelier in ...

On this second day of Constitution Week, we look at James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, who was a delegate from ...

Not since Gerald Ford in 1975 has a president or presidential candidate survived two assassination attempts — until now.

An extremely rare historical artifact, a signed ratification copy of the U.S. Constitution, has been found and could fetch a ...

The Framers’ Electoral College design offered no mechanism for elevating the popular vote loser to the presidency.

Among the ranks of the Constitutional Convention were men such as George Washington, who presided over the proceedings, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison, who is often called the “father of the ...