The Federalist Papers, cont.

Federalist 47 [James Madison]:
-Addresses the separation of departments
-The Anti-Federalists accused the Federalists of violating the maxim that the departments ought to be separate.
-The Federalists agree, but they disagree on the execution of said principle.
-Aristotlean theory can be broken up into the one, the few, and the many, but also perverse and non-perverse. If any one type of government is mixed with another, tyranny ensues.
-This is the first Federalist paper that directly references anyone. Montesquieu is referred to as the Oracle, arguing for separation of powers. He did not mean, however, that other branches were not able to check other branches.

Federalist 48 [James Madison]:
-The legislative branch is the strongest.
x It is to be most feared
x Power is of an encroaching nature
x He who controls the money is to be feared
x The "vortex of power" is referenced.

Federalist 49 [James Madison]:
-He referenced Jefferson, who brought up the point that two branches could possibly work together.
-Madison rebuked this point by saying that it wouldn't help to call a convention, as was necessary in the Articles of Confederation.

Federalist 50 [James Madison]:
-Jefferson proposed periodic conventions in the Anti-Federalist Papers, because he wanted documents to be reviewed; he did not want the dead to control the living.
-20 years was determined to be too long to wait for conventions; Madison proposed the amending process instead.