The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United ...

America’s founding fathers — having just won independence from a monarchy — designed the Constitution to prevent a dangerous ...

called The Federalist Papers), and wrote the first essay while on board a Hudson River boat making its way between Albany and New York City. The Federalist Number 1 was published in The ...

That’s it. The Federalist Papers, the editorials and pamphlets arguing in favor of ratification that so many students read in high school and college, didn’t add much else on the topic of ...

The Final Report of the January 6 Committee” arrived in my mailbox on Jan. 6, 2023, two years to the day after I’d watched the events of Jan. 6 unfold on television. Since then, I’ve ...