(“We are in the wilderness without a single footstep to guide us,” James Madison had written to Jefferson a few ... Democratic-Republican journalists were jailed under the Federalist-passed Sedition ...

James Madison, writing in August of 1823 from his home in Montpelier, Virginia, to which he repaired in what turned out be a ...

James Madison, writing in August of 1823 from his home in Montpelier, Virginia, to which he repaired in what turned out be a ...

The framers of our Constitution expected these divisions. They called them “factions.” James Madison discussed this problem ...

The Supreme Court decided Marbury v, Madison (herein Marbury) in 1803, early in Chief Justice John Marshall’s career on the ...

A mericans are headed to the polls today to cast their ballots in a crucial election. People are anxious, hopeful, and scared ...

The most extreme accusations Democrats and Republicans hurl at one another today would be familiar to the Founding Fathers. In fact, the election of 1800 ...

Donald Trump has often been likened to Aaron Burr, described as ‘one of the most unprincipled men in the United States’. His isolationism, however, owes more to Thomas Jefferson.

The election of 1800 alone featured almost everything that's made President Trump's three presidential contests a wild ride.

Forging unity is the ongoing work of American life. After an election, after an arduous legislative process, after more than ...

Every four years, Americans practice some peculiar math. No other country still uses a system like the Electoral College to ...

James Madison warned us about this in The Federalist Papers, calling law a mere “parchment barrier.” This time, the parchment ...