…and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered From the Independent Journal Wednesday, March 19, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE administration of government, in its largest sense, comprehends all the operations of the body politic, whether legislative, executive, or judiciary; but in its most usual, and perhaps its most precise signification.…
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Federalist No 70, The Executive Department Further Considered
From the Independent Journal Saturday, March 15, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THERE is an idea, which is not without its advocates, that a vigorous Executive is inconsistent with the genius of republican government. The enlightened well-wishers to this species of government must at least hope that the supposition is…
Federalist No 68, The Mode of Electing the President
From the Independent Journal Wednesday, March 12, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE mode of appointment of the Chief Magistrate of the United States is almost the only part of the system, of any consequence, which has escaped without severe censure, or which has received the slightest mark of approbation…
Federalist No 66, Objections to the Power of the Senate…
…To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered From the Independent Journal Saturday, March 8, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: A REVIEW of the principal objections that have appeared against the proposed court for the trial of impeachments, will not improbably eradicate the remains of any unfavorable impressions which…
Federalist No 64, The Powers of the Senate
From the Independent Journal Wednesday, March 5, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT IS a just and not a new observation, that enemies to particular persons, and opponents to particular measures, seldom confine their censures to such things only in either as are worthy of blame. Unless on this principle,…