What are the Federalist Papers? The Federalist Papers are among the most important Founding Documents in the birth of the United States of America. The whole original debate over the Constitutional is laid out there for all to see, yet most Americans have never read them. The Federalist Papers are "the most important work in political science that has ever been written, or is likely ever to be written, in the United States," according to historian Clinton Rossiter.
The Federalist Papers, the brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, were written to encourage ratification of the new United States Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation. They appeared in New York newspapers between the end of the Constitutional Convention in September, 1787, and New York's vote to ratify the Constitutional the following spring.
James Madison and John Jay were recruited to assist Hamilton in his journalistic effort. Combined, they wrote under the pseudonym "Publius" and produced some 175,000 words in defense of the new Constitution.
Plowing through the 85 essays of the Federalist Papers, one can read how the Founding Fathers foresaw the problems of impeachment, corruption of government, regulatory excess, gun control, and all the other headline grabbing issues we read about today!
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Yes, these are essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how hard the framers tried to create a system that was balanced and checked from the abuse of power. It is amazing that both Hamilton and Madison were arguing for a stronger government compared to the Articles of Confederation...so they worked hard to allay the fears that the federal government would be all-encroaching. It turns at the fears of the anti-federalists have come true. Instead of making liars out of our framers, let's fix it by putting this country back on the right path!
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