Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: Why were the Federalist Papers important?

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers was published. The series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison called for the ratification of the ...

On October 27th – In 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published under the pseudonym "Publius" (the essays ...

Of all the Federalist Papers written to convince Americans that the recently created Constitution deserved ratification, the most famous was Federalist 10, published last week (Nov. 22) in 1787, in ...

Today, we celebrate the 238th anniversary of the publication of the very first essay in The Federalist Papers. Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 1 from Oct. 27, 1787, marks the start of a seminal ...

Discover who is called the Father of the U.S. Constitution. Learn about his key contributions, including the Federalist Papers, the Bill of Rights, and his theory of checks and balances.

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Madison, Hamilton, and, to a lesser extent, John Jay provide a comprehensive defense of the new U.S. Constitution as they fight for its ratification in what will become a contentious and, in the end, ...

During Chief Justice Roberts's confirmation hearing, he refused to call himself an originalist. And during his nearly two decades on the Court, he has never raised the banner of originalism. But he ...