In The Federalist No. 10, James Madison famously described this ... which will ever subsist between them." When the Constitutional Convention assembled on the morning of September 17, 1787 ...

Having recently reread James Madison’s Journal of the Federal Convention, (the last time being in college) reminded me of the old adage that “he who speaks last, speaks first.” Ben Franklin did not ...

When James Madison was on his deathbed ... You can see it in Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention, where so much was fluid. Should the president be a single person, or should ...

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was preceded ... and future president James Madison. It was discussion of this problem that motivated these and other leaders to meet in 1787.

With America’s constitution undergoing a stress test, it’s important to revisit and understand its fundamental structure and ...