The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions is a scholarly institute within the Department of Politics at Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 that is "dedicated to exploring enduring questions of American constitutional law and Western political thought."

It was founded in 2002 and is headed by Princeton Professor Robert P. George

Robert P. George

Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, where he lectures on constitutional interpretation, civil liberties and philosophy of law. He also serves as the director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions...

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The Institute has been praised for its ability to enable Catholic and Evangelical Christians to work together.