The Three Lives of James Madison

 

If federalism was a new kind of constitutional physics, Madison was its Einstein or its Newton

Noah Feldman Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
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The Three Lives of James Madison

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Madison's legacy matters today more than ever. As founding genius he made the Constitution to avoid faction. Then he discovered the real world required parties -- so he founded one and became a partisan. Ultimately he turned to foreign policy, seeking to establish America's place in the world without force. He almost succeeded.

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