Madison agreed and concluded that laws such as is proposed in Referendum 1 would create a situation whereby “the fundamental principle of free government would be reversed. It would no longer be the ...

It was John Marshall, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835, who anticipated this day.

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg died on January 28. He was born on September 28, 1922.

All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...

America’s founding fathers — having just won independence from a monarchy — designed the Constitution to prevent a dangerous consolidation of power. As James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers, ...

This jaw-droppingly popular musical about the Founding Fathers has been on stages around the world for a decade. Does it feel ...

The crux of Jefferson’s letter is his explanation that the First Amendment “thus builds a wall of separation between church ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and Trump's nominee to be director of ...

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

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg died on January 28. He was born on September 28, 1922.

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.