Opinion

This Founding Father Died in Disgrace. But He Can’t Be Forgotten.

Excluded from America’s origin story, James Wilson may have been the most influential, prescient, and democratic drafter of the Constitution.

The Founding Father you’ve probably never heard of

He helped shape America’s founding principles and was appointed by Washington to serve on the first Supreme Court of the ...
Washington Monthly

The Most Important Founder You’ve Never Heard Of

James Wilson’s vision of a Constitution rooted in the people anticipated Lincoln, Reconstruction, and modern constitutional democracy.
Opinion

The Founder We Need Is the One We Don’t Remember

Not “created equal,” not “self-evident,” not “pursuit of happiness,” not “unalienable.” But one founder did: James Wilson. He quoted from the Declaration constantly, including one day on the floor of ...