(“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 ...

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

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we ...

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.

The Federalist Society, a conservative organization founded at Yale Law School, built a pipeline between law schools and top ...

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

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