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

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

James Madison was the fourth U.S. president and is often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution” because of his role in writing America’s founding documents. His portrait has been featured on ...

Most provisions of the Bill of Rights were requested in some form as the states ratified the original Constitution. The Takings Clause was not. Representative James Madison added it for ...

The average lifespan of a constitution, often called a "living document," has not increased to the same extent over the last two centuries. Wars, internal conflicts, economic crises, and political ...

James Madison. Madison was instrumental in shaping the early American government. He was so involved in the creation and ...

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

Actually, the Electoral College was about both and more. Examining the perspective of John Dickinson, a delegate from Delaware and an architect of the Electoral College who neither distrusted the ...

The bitter 1800 presidential election tested the democratic structure of the United States just a few years after the revolution that had created the young nation. The sitting vice president, Thomas ...

Republicans were against the Constitution, Federalists shot back ... 1798 — the former written by Jefferson, the latter by James Madison, both making their case anonymously — argued states ...

Washington enjoyed the unreserved trust of his countryman, a point emphasized by Alexander Hamilton, who said the first administration – and the Constitution itself – would be on trial.

The election of 1800 alone featured almost everything that's made President Trump's three presidential contests a wild ride.