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

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

As knowledge about the Constitution ebbs, so does allegiance to it. And because the Constitution was designed in significant ...

When Thomas Jefferson and James Madison made an early-summer tour of the Northeast, they became closer friends while seeking ...

The framers of the Constitution must be rolling in their graves. That the actions of the current president of the United ...

Explore the 7 basic principles of the US Constitution: popular sovereignty, limited government, checks & balances, judicial ...

Today’s Republican members of Congress and conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have apparently forgotten about ...

The United States is alive and well 249 years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and that’s a great thing to ...

A deadlock over the distribution of power threatened to derail the creation of a constitution for the newly formed United ...

The promise of America, July Fourth, Independence Day, is not only in the fireworks, cookouts and family bonding that we all ...

The United States committed multiple acts of war over the weekend against the sovereign nation of Iran.That it did so with ...