A second fundamental element of the Constitution is the concept of checks and balances. As James Madison famously wrote in The Federalist No. 51, In framing a government which is to be ...

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

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

James Madison is often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.” There is a life-size statue of him in the Madison County Courthouse, as well as a commemorative plaque. Your James Madison ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We’re now going to look at the Father of the Constitution – James Madison. Prior to becoming ...

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual, even unique. Here’s how.

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

The Madison-Jefferson letters presaged the 1824 election which, thrown to the House, resulted in the election of John Quincy ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Floridians voted Tuesday to enshrine the right to fish and hunt in the State Constitution. The amendment ...

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, ...