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 part to keep partisan passions at bay, constitutional drift fuels partisan ...

Understandably, after almost 250 years, the legislature is tired of being a coequal branch of government and wants to take a ...

On Thursday, March 16, Montpelier celebrated the 272nd birthday of James Madison, fourth president of the United States and “Father of the Constitution.” A wreath-laying ceremony took place on the ...

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

America’s 249th birthday Friday will be no party. Call it bittersweet at best. The guns of Gettysburg were stilled on July 4, ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain ...

As Independence Day approaches, it’s worth remembering that America’s Founding Fathers weren’t just fiery revolutionaries — ...

A local social studies teacher has been selected to receive an academic fellowship geared towards promoting study and ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

Even as a tenuous cease-fire between Iran and Israel appears to hold, Democrats in the U.S. Congress are falling over ...