Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether ...

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 ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - This Constitution Day, students learned about James Madison’s influence on American constitutional design. The event titled, “A More Perfect Union?: Constitution Day ...

“Take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties.” — James Madison James Madison, often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution,” once predicted that the Bill of Rights would become mere ...

The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” — James Madison ...

It’s all about the Constitution now. Republicans will control the White House and both chambers of Congress. They will be able to pass — or repeal — their preferred laws, because that’s democracy. But ...

Donald J. Kochan is a professor of law and executive director of the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. He is also a nonresident scholar at the Center for ...