Six Must Read Sources from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Most people today have little to no familiarity with any of the principles that influenced the founders. Below, you’ll find 6 important resources hand-picked by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. You can also find links to each at this podcast episode – “The...
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison’s “Must Read” Sources to Understand Liberty and American Government
How can we learn about the founding principles and the meaning of the Constitution? Minutes from an 1825 meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors shed some light on sources James Madison and Thomas Jefferson thought were essential to know in order to...
The ideas that formed the Constitution: Public Education
This is the last in the series on “The Ideas That Formed the Constitution.” It applies the series’ lessons to how we educate our young. The U.S. Constitution is America’s highest secular law—“the supreme Law of the Land” (Article VI). It structures the central...