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

When the question of how to elect a president arrived on the agenda in August 1787, suggestions included ... more informed and educated minds. James Madison stepped forward to coin the term ...

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

Writing to fellow Virginian and lifelong friend James Madison in 1787, Jefferson stated: “Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to, convinced that on their ...

This is reflected in a September 2024 Gallup poll which showed a record-high 80% of Americans saying our country is divided ...

Federalism was born in 1787, when Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote 85 essays collectively known as the Federalist papers. These eloquent political documents encouraged ...

Maybe it would be a good thing if the former president won the popular vote for once—as long as he doesn’t win the election.

It would also be an exhaustive — and exhausting — undertaking to find a new system that would appease enough lawmakers, as ...

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

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

When the question of how to elect a president arrived on the agenda in August 1787, suggestions included election by ... to ...

It would also be an exhaustive — and exhausting — undertaking to find a new system that would appease enough lawmakers, as James ... the [1787 Constitutional Convention];” wrote Madison ...