The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United ...

These essays were first published as a series in New York newspapers, under the title The Federalist. Hamilton did not attend the entire four-month Constitutional Convention that began in May ...

What to say of Federalist No. 10, James Madison’s debut essay in the series? That it is justly the most studied, anthologized, and dissected of all the 85 Federalist essays? That its twenty ...

The Federalist No. 39. The Framers of the Tenth Amendment had two purposes in mind when they drafted it. The first was a necessary rule of construction. The second was to reaffirm the nature of ...

Each major clause of the Constitution includes an essay from the Federalist Society explaining originalist or conservative interpretations of the Constitution, and essay from the American ...