The Federalist Papers
On Federalist No. 85: Concluding Remarks
Hamilton closes the series, gathering the argument and urging readers to weigh the plan whole rather than reject it for imperfections that amendment can later cure. A republic, he reminds...
On Federalist No. 85: Concluding Remarks
Hamilton closes the series, gathering the argument and urging readers to weigh the plan whole rather than reject it for imperfections that amendment can later cure. A republic, he reminds...
On Federalist No. 84: Certain General and Misce...
Hamilton confronts the most famous objection, the lack of a bill of rights, arguing that the Constitution is itself a charter of liberties and that enumerating some rights could endanger...
On Federalist No. 84: Certain General and Misce...
Hamilton confronts the most famous objection, the lack of a bill of rights, arguing that the Constitution is itself a charter of liberties and that enumerating some rights could endanger...
On Federalist No. 83: The Judiciary Continued i...
Hamilton takes up the absence of a guaranteed civil jury and answers the alarm it caused. Silence is not prohibition, he argues, and the matter is better left to legislative...
On Federalist No. 83: The Judiciary Continued i...
Hamilton takes up the absence of a guaranteed civil jury and answers the alarm it caused. Silence is not prohibition, he argues, and the matter is better left to legislative...
On Federalist No. 82: The Judiciary Continued
Hamilton addresses how state and federal courts will share the work, arguing the two systems can operate together without confusion. State courts retain a real role, and appeals provide the...
On Federalist No. 82: The Judiciary Continued
Hamilton addresses how state and federal courts will share the work, arguing the two systems can operate together without confusion. State courts retain a real role, and appeals provide the...
On Federalist No. 81: The Judiciary Continued, ...
Hamilton explains the structure of the federal courts and answers fears that the Supreme Court would override the legislature at will. Judicial review, he argues, guards the Constitution itself and...
On Federalist No. 81: The Judiciary Continued, ...
Hamilton explains the structure of the federal courts and answers fears that the Supreme Court would override the legislature at will. Judicial review, he argues, guards the Constitution itself and...
On Federalist No. 80: The Powers of the Judiciary
Hamilton sets out the proper reach of federal courts, matching their jurisdiction to the cases a national government must be able to decide. The scope, he argues, follows from the...
On Federalist No. 80: The Powers of the Judiciary
Hamilton sets out the proper reach of federal courts, matching their jurisdiction to the cases a national government must be able to decide. The scope, he argues, follows from the...