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Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist; or, The New Constitution, was published in two volumes in 1788 by J. and A. McLean. The series’s correct title is The Federalist; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the twentieth century.

The Federalist remains a primary source for interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, as the essays outline a lucid and compelling version of the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government. The authors of The Federalist wanted both to influence the vote in favor of ratification and to shape future interpretations of the Constitution. According to historian Richard B. Morris, they are an “incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer.”  Source

The Importance of the Union (1-14)

Defects of the Articles of Confederation (15-22)

  • FEDERALIST No. 15 The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union
  • FEDERALIST No. 16 The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con’t)
  • FEDERALIST No. 17 The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con’t)
  • FEDERALIST No. 18 The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con’t)
  • FEDERALIST No. 19 The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con’t)
  • FEDERALIST No. 20 The Insufficiency fo the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con’t)
  • FEDERALIST No. 21 Other Defects of the Present Confederation
  • FEDERALIST No. 22 Other Defects of the Present Confederation (con’t)

Arguments for the Type of Government Contained in the Constitution (23-36)

The Republican Form of Government (37-51)

  • FEDERALIST No. 37 Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government
  • FEDERALIST No. 38 The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed
  • FEDERALIST No. 39 The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles
  • FEDERALIST No. 40 The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained
  • FEDERALIST No. 41 General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution
  • FEDERALIST No. 42 The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered
  • FEDERALIST No. 43 The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered (con’t)
  • FEDERALIST No. 44 Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States
  • FEDERALIST No. 45 The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered
  • FEDERALIST No. 46 The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared
  • FEDERALIST No. 47 The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts
  • FEDERALIST No. 48 These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other
  • FEDERALIST No. 49 Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention
  • FEDERALIST No. 50 Periodical Appeals to the People Considered
  • FEDERALIST No. 51 The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments

The Legislative Branch (52-66)

The Executive Branch (67-77)

The Judicial Branch (78-83)

Conclusions and Miscellaneous Ideas

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