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 futile effort to retire from public life, ...

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

“Writing the Constitution” by Austin Peay State University history professor, Dr. Kevin Tanner, will tell the story of how ...

James Madison also lamented, “I once said, ‘Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.’ Was I wrong. Look at all of the people ...

The first governor of the Illinois territory, Ninian Edwards, named the land that would become Madison County after President ...

The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home," warned James Madison at the ...

James Madison, writing in August of 1823 from his home in Montpelier, Virginia, to which he repaired in what turned out be a futile effort to retire from public life, continued to assess the defects ...

The president-elect wants the Senate to abdicate its role in reviewing presidential appointments. It shouldn’t give in.

The Federalist Papers are the 85 articles and essays James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay published arguing for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the full replacement of the ...

As John Adams saw the political world, there were essentially three main forms of government—monarchy, aristocracy, and ...

The lessons of history about second-term presidents and second-term Republicans in particular are not just the stuff of ...