The once and future president is pushing Republicans to systematically abdicate the Senate’s constitutional role in vetting ...

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 ...

Breslin is the Joseph C. Palamountain Jr. Chair of Political Science at Skidmore College and author of "A Constitution for ...

Some have argued that this variation and decentralization could, in the event of another contested result, pose a danger to ...

The framers of our Constitution expected these divisions. They called them “factions.” James Madison discussed this problem ...

They sulked after the Civil War and they sulked some more during the decades of Democratic dominance after the Great ...

Encouraged and abetted by free riders who would benefit unfairly from others’ work, well-intentioned lawmakers and judicial ...

The United States does not have a state religion and does not force religion of any kind onto the people living here.

That was the true message of Trump’s victory. K. Ward Cummings is an essayist and social critic. He lives in Baltimore.

I still believe Jefferson and Washington, though flawed, were highly evolved for their time. I also believe that if every ...

Less than a third of Americans want to keep the Electoral College, one survey found. Here's how this system is used to elect ...

Explore key historical events from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, including the first Federalist Paper, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the ...