The Federalist Papers

General Introduction

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Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence

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The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence)

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Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence

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the militia under one plan of discipline

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Apply these facts to our own case

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The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence)

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Dangers from dissensions between the States

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Territorial disputes and Western territory

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Commercial competition and public debt

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Laws in violation of private contracts and incompatible alliances

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The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States

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A firm Union will be of the utmost moment

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The utility of a Confederacy

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Montesquieu's confederate republic

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The definition of a confederate republic

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The Same Subject Continued

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By a faction, I understand

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The inference to which we are brought

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From this view of the subject

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The other point of difference

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In the extent and proper structure of the Union

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The importance of the Union in a commercial light

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A federal navy

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Rights of the Union

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A navy, union will contribute in various ways

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One great American system

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The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue

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Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government

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Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered

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The insufficiency of the present Confederation to preserve the Union

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The great and radical vice in the construction of the existing Confederation

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The concurrence of thirteen distinct sovereign wills

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The tendency of the principle of legislation for States

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This may be considered as the violent death of the Confederacy

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The result of these observations to an intelligent mind

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If opposition to the national government should arise

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The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union

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The superiority of influence in favor of the particular governments

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The separate governments in a confederacy may aptly be compared with the feudal baronies

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A concise review of the events that have attended confederate governments

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The Grecian republics under the Amphictyonic council

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The Achaean league

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The Germanic body

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The history of Germany

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Military coercion and the circles

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Poland and the Swiss cantons

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The United Netherlands

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As stadtholder of the union

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In critical emergencies

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I make no apology

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The total want of a sanction to its laws

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The principle of regulating the contributions of the States to the common treasury by quotas

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Taxes on articles of consumption

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Impositions of this kind usually fall under the denomination of indirect taxes

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The want of a power to regulate commerce

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The power of raising armies

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The right of equal suffrage among the States

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The want of a judiciary power

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The organization of Congress is itself utterly improper

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The necessity of a Constitution, at least equally energetic with the one proposed

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Whether there ought to be a federal government intrusted with the care of the common defense

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Who is likely to make suitable provisions for the public defense

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I trust, however, that the impracticability of one general system cannot be shown

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The objection against standing armies in time of peace

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The state constitutions and the Articles of Confederation

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The intrinsic merits of the objection

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Frontier garrisons, naval defense, and dock-yards

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The powers necessary to the common defense further considered

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The impropriety of restraints on the national legislature

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The militia and standing armies in time of peace

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Necessity and constitutional restrictions

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The idea of restraining the legislative authority

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The origin and progress of the idea

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The provision which limits the appropriations of money for military purposes

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The objection that the Executive would dispense with supplies

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The Same Subject Continued (The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense

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The Same Subject Continued (The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense

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The power of regulating the militia

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The project of disciplining all the militia of the United States

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In reading many of the publications against the Constitution

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In times of insurrection, or invasion

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Concerning the General Power of Taxation

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The necessity of a general power of taxation

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Objections to an indefinite power of taxation

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Answer to the objections

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The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)

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The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)

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The Same Subject Continued

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The proportion between federal and state revenue

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Concurrent jurisdiction in taxation

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The Same Subject Continued

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The question which relates to the sufficiency of the representative body

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The business of taxation

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Another objection of a somewhat more precise nature

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Many spectres have been raised out of this power of internal taxation

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As to poll taxes

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The Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government

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The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed.

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The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles

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The republican complexion of the Constitution

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The Constitution as federal and national

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The powers of the convention to form a mixed government

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The charge against the convention of exceeding their powers

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General View of the Powers Conferred by the Constitution

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Security against foreign danger

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The power of levying and borrowing money

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The second class of powers, lodged in the general government

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The powers included in the THIRD class

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The regulation of commerce among the several States and the Indian tribes

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The dissimilarity in the rules of naturalization

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The power of establishing post roads

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The fourth class comprises the following miscellaneous powers

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To guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government

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To consider all debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution

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To provide for amendments to be ratified by three fourths of the States under two exceptions only

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Restrictions on the authority of the several States

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The necessary and proper clause

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The supremacy of the Constitution and laws of the United States

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Oath or affirmation to support this Constitution

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The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered

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Resuming the subject of the last paper

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The remaining points on which I propose to compare the federal and State governments

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The means of opposition to it are powerful and at hand

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The reasonings contained in these papers must have been employed to little purpose indeed

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The argument under the present head may be put into a very concise form

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The meaning of the separation of powers

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The British Constitution and Montesquieu's maxim

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State constitutions as examples of mixed powers

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Further state examples and the conclusion

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The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity

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The first example is that of Virginia

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The other State which I shall take for an example is Pennsylvania

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The conclusion which I am warranted in drawing from these observations is

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Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a

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Periodical Appeals to the People Considered

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The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments.

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The qualifications of the electors and the elected

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The term for which the representatives are to be elected

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The example of Ireland

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The objection from annual elections

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The necessity and usefulness of biennial elections

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Practical considerations and safeguards

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The Apportionment of Members Among the States

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The number of representatives

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The objections against the number of members proposed

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The safeguards against corruption

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The Same Subject Continued (The Total Number of the House of Representatives)

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The Alleged Tendency of the New Plan to Elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many Considered in Connection with Representation

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Objection That The Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented as the Progress of Population Demands Considered

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As Connected with the Objection Against the Number of Representatives

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Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members

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The Same Subject Continued

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The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members)

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The qualifications proposed for senators

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The number of senators, and the duration of their appointment

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The want of a due sense of national character

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the want, in some important cases, of a due responsibility in the government to the people

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the principle of representation

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The constitution of Maryland furnishes the most apposite example

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the federal Senate will never be able to transform itself

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The Powers of the Senate

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The Powers of the Senate Continued

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Objections to the Senate as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered

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A SECOND objection to the Senate, as a court of impeachments

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A THIRD objection to the Senate as a court of impeachments

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The constitution of the executive department

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The power of filling casual vacancies in the Senate

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The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State

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The Mode of Electing the President

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The President's powers compared with the British king and the governor of New York

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The President's qualified negative and military authority

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Pardons, adjournment, treaties, and appointments

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The President's limited role in receiving ambassadors and making appointments

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A summary contrast with the king of Great Britain

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The Executive Department Further Considered

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The ingredients which constitute safety in the republican sense

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The plurality of the Executive tends to deprive the people of the two greatest securities

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A council to a magistrate

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Responsibility and concealment of faults

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The British Constitution and the American republic

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Expense and the unity of the executive

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Duration in office has been mentioned as the second requisite to the energy of the Executive authority

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It may perhaps be asked, how the shortness of the duration in office can affect the independence of the Executive on the legislature

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It may be asked also, whether a duration of four years would answer the end proposed

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The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered.

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The Provision For The Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power

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The qualified negative of the President upon the acts or resolutions of the two houses of the legislature

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The convention have pursued a mean in this business

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The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the Pardoning Power of the Executive.

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The Treaty-Making Power of the Executive

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The mode of appointing the officers of the United States

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The power of nomination

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The necessity of Senate concurrence

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Objections to executive influence upon the Senate

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The Appointing Power Continued

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Other Powers of the Executive Considered

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The manner of constituting it

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The complete independence of the courts of justice

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The independence of the judges

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