Showing posts with label the Federalist Papers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Federalist Papers. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

A review of “The Federalist Papers” (audiobook)

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“I propose, in a series of papers, to discuss the following interesting particulars : The utility of the Union to your political prosperity;...
Monday, June 21, 2021

A review of “The Ratification Debates” (audiobook)

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“And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alterat...
Thursday, March 14, 2019

How did the Founding Fathers use Blackstone's writings about the monarchy?

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“The office of president is treated with levity and intimated to be a machine calculated for state pageantry. Suffer me to view the comma...
Friday, March 1, 2019

How different was the Constitution from the “Articles of Confederation”?

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“The Stile of this Confederacy shall be ' The United States of America '.” – Article I of the “Articles of Confederation and per...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

The Habeas Corpus Act and the English Bill of Rights influenced our Constitution

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“The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may r...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Some of the credit for “separation of powers” should go to Polybius

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“It is well known that in the Roman republic the legislative authority, in the last resort, resided for ages in two different political b...
Thursday, January 18, 2018

How to prevent tyranny: Separation of powers and checks & balances

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"The political liberty of the [citizen] is a tranquillity of mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order t...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

What's the difference between a “democracy” and a “republic”?

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"The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union, a  republican  form of government ... " -  Article 4, Section...
Friday, October 27, 2017

“Publius”: The secret pen name of three Founding Fathers

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"As the perusal of the political papers under the signature of Publius has afforded me great satisfaction, I shall certainly conside...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016

So what exactly are the “Federalist Papers,” anyway?

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"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to ...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

An overview of the American federal courts

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"The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme court , and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, fro...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

How the Constitution was almost not ratified

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"The ratification of the conventions of  nine states , shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the sta...
Monday, March 16, 2015

James Madison: The most underrated Founder

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"[The Americans] accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society. They reared the fabrics of governmen...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

A review of PBS’s “Alexander Hamilton” movie

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"There is an elegant memorial in Washington to Jefferson, but none to Hamilton. However, if you seek Hamilton's monument, look ar...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Do checks and balances conflict with separation of powers?

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"The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who adm...