American students are falling behind in their understanding of the nation’s founding principles that underpin our democracy.
On May 1, 2025, the James Madison Program hosted J. Joel Alicea for the Annual Herbert W. Vaughan Lecture on America’s Founding Principles, titled, “Bruen and the Founding-Era Conception of Rights.” ...
This year marks the 238th anniversary of the Constitutional Convention, which began on May 14, 1787, and lasted until Sept. 17, 1787. On Monday, Aug. 6, 1787, ...