"Madison’s 'original intention' was to make all 'original intentions' infinitely negotiable in the future," writes historian Joseph Ellis, who will speak at the U of M on Sept. 28.

March 21 , 2001: Examining James Madison and the Constitution A report on Princeton's conference February 22-23. By Jeff Davis GS. Leading James Madison scholars from around the continent, including ...

James Madison was the last surviving signer of the U.S. Constitution. For months, the dying ex-President remained bed-ridden. On June 28, 1836, Madison found he couldn’t swallow his breakfast.

Happy birthday to James Madison, who is, pound-for-pound, the most distinguished Founding Father. A driving force behind the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, Madison shepherded the ...

James Madison. In a recent post at the Originalism Blog, legal scholar Rob Natelson criticizes me for relying on James Madison's Report of 1800 to support the conclusion that the original meaning ...

Madison in 1803. With no authority ... “Our constitution,” Representative James Jackson of Georgia said in a speech to the First Congress, ... The original meaning of the Constitution, ...

James Madison earned the nickname the “Father of the Constitution” because he drafted significant pieces of the document. Madison’s most famous work was the Bill of Rights, ratified on ...

James Madison University is named after the fourth president of the United States, but its mascot is named after the college's second president. Here's why.

To ascertain what a legal text meant at any point in time, one must examine how people talked about it at that time. In the case of the Constitution, we have ample evidence not only of how the ...

March 21 , 2001: Examining James Madison and the Constitution A report on Princeton's conference February 22-23. By Jeff Davis GS. Leading James Madison scholars from around the continent, including ...