In Federalist 10 he addresses the issues of factions among the people. ... As long as freedoms are given to every citizen, Madison concludes, that there will be a number of factions united by an idea. Rather than abolishing these groups and the liberty they are endowed with along with them, in Federalist Paper 10, he provides a solution to the problem opposing groups would form. ... A republic would put the responsibility of legislation and governing in the hands of a number of representatives chosen by the citizens. ... In Federalist Paper 10's penultimate paragraph, Madison uses example...

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Madison's major points are made in Federalist Papers ten and fifty-one. Madison's main concern in Federalist Paper number ten is that the Constitution provides the people with a government that protects them against factions. ... Federalist Paper number fifty-one stresses that there is a need for checks and balances between the diverse departments of the government: executive, legislative, and judicial. ... Madison ends his paper with the idea that a larger society is more likely to prosper by self-government. ... Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Papers, for example, was hi...

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James Madison wrote the Federalist paper number ten by employing the knowledge of not only himself but that of John Locke. ... They do so by taking into thought a number of principles either by wealth, political stance, race, or whatever else people self-segregate themselves by creating somewhat of a hierarchy of groups (these factions much like our political parties, organizations, religions, geographically, and etc.). ...

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The common issue that Madison discusses in Federalist Papers #10 and #51 are the proliferation of political factions in society. ... To him, a small republic has a limited amount of land and territory with a small number of people within it. ... One way to ensure this, according to James Madison who wrote this paper, is to ensure that none of the branches has too much power in selecting the people who hold the offices in the other branches. ... While Essay #10 is all about the essays, Madison discusses them at the end of Essay #51 too. ... To solve this, he offers a more concrete solution i...

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That is what this paper seeks to uncover. ... Elitism is derived from the elite theory, which has it that society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power in their self-interest. ... The wealthiest 10% controls 86% of the nations wealth. ... How is it possible that the candidate with the most number of votes from the people didn"t win the election? ... Alternative number two lies in the principle of popular sovereignty. ...

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The Federalist ideas and the Democratic-Republican's ideas clashed. ... The Federalist party was condemned for holding a convention in Hartford. ... Monroe became president with the majority number of votes of sixteen states while King won only three states. ... The disappearing of the Federalists helped Monroe's winning for presidency. ... This caused the United States to expand their use of paper money. ...

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From 1824 until 1857 a number of factions and leaders were in power, all in contention for control. ... The opposing faction, the Federalists, wanted limited central government, local militia, and nearly autonomous states. ... Then, Guadalupe Victoria, a Federalist and a leader in the independence movement, was elected president and was in office until 1828 when Centralists replaced Federalists 1828. ... In 1833 another change placed Federalists in power until 1836, when Centralists again regained control and held that power for almost 10 years. ... On May 10 the Federal commander surrend...

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According to most public opinion polls, many Americans believe that the federal government is too big, both in the number of agencies it directs and in the scope of its powers. ... However, in recent years, an increasing number of people on Capitol Hill and across the country want to "devolve," or transfer, power from Washington, D.C., to state and local governments. ... James Madison explained in Federalist 10, a primary benefit of federalism is that it contains policy fads or fast-moving popular movements in one or a few states, thus preventing the growth of expans...

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This paper will examine the arguments in favor of local sovereignty as well as those opposed from the past century into modern times focusing in on the policy-administration dichotomy. ... Madison writes in The Federalist 10 Papers, "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society."... A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for an! ... In times past, when government was of more limited scope and s...

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To Madison, there are only two ways to control a faction. First is to remove the causes and the second to control the effects. The first is impossible because the two ways to remove the causes of a faction: destroy liberty or give every citizen the same opinions, passions, and interests. Destroying...

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Still, she does not believe this critical mass is yet realized. 5 Upon her confirmation, the National Association of Women Judges gave her a t-shirt that read, "I'm Ruth, not Sandra." 6 Ginsburg praises Presidents Carter and Clinton for their unprecedented number of appointments of women to federal benches. ... Kilgore, disagreeing with the majority's position that probable cause of suspect contraband in a car was enough to warrant a search. 10 Their views about judicial review, however, differ. ...

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