Federalist No. 10

Both The Federalist Papers and Democracy in America largely praise democracy, but they have their fair share of criticism reserved for democratic government as well. The issues of majority factions, persecution of dissenting opinions, and individualism are touched on in one or both works as examples of flaws in democracy. The primary threat to democracy, as James Madison articulated in Federalist #10, is the influence of factions on political life. The existence of competing factions can lead…

addition, if the percentage of teachers leaving the profession increases, and if teachers discontent about their salary increases, the percentage of areas having shortages might increase. This problem needs to be addressed soon because within the next 10 years, more than 1.8 million of the 3.3 million teachers will be eligible for retirement. The “Teacher Salary Project” is an organization specifically…

Alien and Sedition Acts - In response to the war with France, the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed in fear of another war with a foreign country. The acts were a series of laws that were passed in 1798 by the Federalist Congress and signed into the law by John Adams. The Naturalization Act complicated the citizenship process and the Alien Act gave the president the power to deport foreigners if they were seen as a threat. Along with the Alien Act, there was the…

James Madison and Alexander Hamilton opposed the idea of political parties. In fact, they wrote in Federalist papers 9 and 10 about how dangerous to the United States political parties would be. Our constitution was written with the idea that there would not be political parties. Another interesting thing is that our first President, George Washington, is the only US President to date that was not a member of a political party. It is important for members of Congress, which is comprised of the…

are too many important issues that our government must face and rely on the people to tell it the people’s will. It seems like the political parties have reached out to the public over issues related to personal responsibilities more so in the last 10 years than any other time in my past. Most of the input was usually requested from the Executive branch over war. In these modern times, the parties want the people informed, involved, and unified. It has been my experience while in a social…

Sedition Acts as a wartime measure. Adams broke with the Hamiltonian wing of his Federalist Party and made peace with France in…

Are fellow citizens are exhausted from labor (Chomsky 87 and Friedman 10) and do not have the time to educate themselves on the constitutionality of 3 new daily issues. The practical impossibility of expecting all if not most of our constituents to participate in debate is rendered worthless by the fraud bound digital ballots…

adopt a democratic constitution, there are many democratic contradictions and inconsistencies of American politics that demonstrate otherwise. Hamilton described the American government as being “in the hands of the representatives of the people” (Federalist No. 28). Strictly speaking, the people did not govern or rule themselves as democracy is described, but instead has representatives. Madison argued that representative structures would “refine and enlarge the public views by passing them…

Historical Background Constitution, Bill of Rights and Fourth Amendment: America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was a document signed amongst the 13 original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states. The Articles of Confederation were ratified in 1781, five years after the Declaration of Independence and two years before winning independence from Great Britain. During this time, states acted like independent countries and…

Declaration of Independents, and he served on the First Continental Congress during the year of 1774. Then on October 30, 1735 John Adams was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. For most of Adam’s life he lived in Massachusetts, but he lived in Europe for about 10 years. At the age of only 16 John Adams was offered a Harvard scholarship where he studied and earned his master’s degree. During the years that Adam’s was in college he was admitted to the bar. John Adam’s stayed in Massachusetts for 41…