About The Federalists Reloaded

The Federalists Reloaded is a modern reading of the Federalist Papers for people who care about the American experiment but don’t have time for nostalgia or civics-class abstraction.

Each installment takes one essay and brings its argument into the present, not to worship the Founders, but to test what still holds and what our politics has forgotten.

This is a project about power, institutions, and the hard work of self-government.

About the Author

Scott English is a nonprofit executive, writer, and student of American political history. He writes The Federalists Reloaded as an ongoing effort to connect the Founders’ arguments about power and self-government to the country we live in today.

Earlier in his career, he worked on Capitol Hill and in the office of the Governor of South Carolina, experiences that continue to shape his interest in institutions, civic culture, and the practical demands of leadership in a constitutional republic.