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Jul 3, 2024 · Federalist papers, series of 85 essays on the proposed new Constitution of the United States and on the nature of republican government, published between 1787 and 1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in an effort to persuade New York state voters to support ratification.
6 days ago · The Federalist and Anti-Federalist debate shaped the United States Constitution and continues to influence American governance. This discourse between two ideological camps highlights the tensions and compromises that formed the nation's foundational principles, balancing power and individual liberties.
Jun 29, 2024 · The compacts which are to embrace thirteen distinct States in a common bond of amity [friendship] and union, must as necessarily be a compromise of as many dissimilar interests and inclinations. - Alexander Hamilton Federalist, No. 85.
Jun 26, 2024 · While acknowledging the importance and desirability of a strict separation of powers in Federalist 47, Publius maintained that absolute separation of powers was not only impossible but undesirable if the aim was to maintain the separation of the branches.
4 days ago · The Federalist Party was a nationalist American political party and the first political party in the United States. It dominated the national government under Alexander Hamilton from 1789 to 1801.
Jun 11, 2024 · Congress has a role to play in organizing it—“to refine and enlarge the public views,” as James Madison put it in “Federalist No. 10,” “by passing them through the medium of a chosen ...
2 days ago · James Madison. James Madison (March 16, 1751 [b] – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United ...
