Our elections have evolved into a two-party system, something contrary to Madison’s vision of tempering the power of ...

Although all 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention played an important role in the birth of the U.S. government, only one man is known as the father of the Constitution: James Madison. Tuesday ...

In 1787, between May and September, James Madison gave 167 speeches, made 72 motions, and served on four committees at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Jay Cost writes that “most ...

March 16 was the birthday of a little man who made a huge impact on America. At 5-foot-4 and not much over 100 pounds, James Madison — our fourth president (1809-1817) — was the smallest of America’s ...

Sept. 17, no less than on the Fourth of July, the public should have celebrated what founder James Madison described to his friend Thomas Jefferson as nothing “less than a miracle.” Teachers ...

Staffers at James Madison's Montpelier home are planning to host of a number of events commemorating "Constitution Day" on Sept. 17. Adrienne Eichner/eichnerstudios.com Woke staffers at James ...

Amid staff disruptions and swirling questions about its finances, the foundation created to honor the “Father of the Constitution” is scrambling to mark Constitution Day on Saturday with two woke, ...

Leading James Madison scholars from around the continent, including Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, gathered for a conference on February 22-23 to discuss Madison's impact on the interpretation ...

Howard Schweber explains James Madison's political theory of the U.S. Constitution. Howard Schweber, professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, talks with ...

James Madison is one of the most important figures of our nation’s founding. In his lifetime, Madison drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, co-wrote the Federalist Papers, served as ...

THE AFTERLIFE (The Borowitz Report)—The late James Madison, widely credited with drafting the United States Constitution, said on Saturday that he was concerned that he made the document’s impeachment ...