Waging War

by Andrew P. Napolitano

James Madison is commonly referred to as the Father of the Constitution in large measure because, in the secrecy of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, he kept the most complete set of notes. He also had a very keen mind and a modest demeanor and an uncanny ability to solidify consensus around basic principles that are woven into the Constitution.

After he wrote the Constitution and before he became Thomas Jefferson's secretary of state and eventually a two-term president, he was a congressman from Virginia. When he spoke on the floor of the House, the. . .

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