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Federalist Papers

America as an act of faith

John H. Haas   |  November 19, 2024

The United States of America began as an act of faith. It still is.

“Our founding fathers understood the absolute necessity for this nation to elect moral and upright statesmen to lead the people.”

John Fea   |  December 22, 2023

That was Jerry Falwell Sr. on January 8, 1999 in the midst of the Bill Clinton impeachment trial. Here is the quote in context: “Our founding fathers understood the absolute necessity for this nation to elect moral and upright statesmen […]

A man “unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper”: The founders expected someone like Trump

John Fea   |  August 7, 2023

As Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center reminds us, the founding fathers anticipated “a demagogic challenge to the rule of law.” Here is a taste of his piece at The Wall Street Journal: The allegations in the indictment of Donald […]