The year’s national election was not just between a Republican populist and his Democratic moderate challenger. It was a referendum on our Constitution, which has survived with its 27 amendments for over 230 years.

The brainchild for this remarkable work was James Madison. His brilliant new ideas introduced at the time of the Constitution’s inception in 1787 were the balance of power between the three branches of government and the desire for dual sovereignty between the federal government and states.

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