Federalist Papers Podcast Series

Each of these podcasts has been organized around three big ideas concerning the essay under review – here are three big ideas for Federalist 85.  Big idea one: In Federalist 85, Hamilton defended the Constitution by arguing that its alleged defects could as easily be found in the New York Constitution as the proposed US Constitution.  Big idea two: Hamilton defended the Constitution against charge...

Today, we are talking about Federalist 84. We typically organize our analysis of these essays around three big ideas concerning the essay under review – here are three big ideas concerning Federalist 84:  Big idea one: in Federalist 84, Hamilton, responding to concerns about the lack of a bill of rights in the Constitution, denied that the Constitution should be augmented by a bill of rights.  Big...

We typically organize these podcasts around three big ideas from the essay under review – here are three big ideas from Federalist 83.  Big idea one: In Federalist 83, Hamilton described and sought to refute a claim that the Constitution would eliminate trial by jury in civil cases.  Big idea two: Hamilton argued in Federalist 83 that jury trials in civil cases were important for the sake of prope...

We begin these podcasts with three big ideas – here are three big ideas from Federalist 82. Big idea one: Hamilton in Federalist 82 described the creation of the USA in terms of a process that would take many discrete governments, and fuse them into a whole.  Big idea two: Hamilton in Federalist 82 invoked the concept of concurrent jurisdiction to describe the relationship between the state courts...

We begin these podcasts with three big ideas – here are three big ideas concerning Federalist 81:  Big idea one: in federalist 81, Hamilton endorsed the use of one final court of appeal in the USA: the Supreme Court.  Big idea two: Hamilton also defended the creation of lower-level federal courts in Federalist 81  Big idea three: Hamilton in Federalist 81 denied that the appellate process would re...

We typically begin these podcasts with three big ideas – here are three big ideas concerning Federalist 80. Big idea one: in Federalist 80, Hamilton stressed the need for the federal judiciary, rather than the state judiciaries or legislatures, to oversee a range of cases bearing upon the country as a whole, its sovereign status in international politics, or other matters of national importance. ...

We typically begin these podcasts with three big ideas – here are three big ideas from Federalist 79.  Big idea one: In Federalist 79, Hamilton argued in favor of the importance of judges in the federal court system not having their salaries reduced.  Big idea two: In arguing in favor of judges not having their salaries reduced, Hamilton referred to the effects of inflation over the long term on s...

We typically organize these podcasts around three big ideas – here are three big ideas concerning Federalist 78.  Big idea one: in Federalist 78 Hamilton defended the notion that the tenure of federal judges should be relative to a standard of good behavior, and associated that standard with the independence of the judiciary.   Big idea two: in Federalist 78 Hamilton defended the claim that the ju...

Welcome back to the Rights & Liberties podcast, where we are discussing the federalist papers. Today we will talk about Federalist 77. These podcasts are organized around three big ideas concerning the essay under review: here are three big ideas concerning Federalist 77. Big idea one: In Federalist 77 Hamilton continued with a concept that is found elsewhere, including Federalist 76, an appre...

Welcome back to the rights and liberties podcast, where we are discussing the federalist papers. Today we will discuss federalist 74. We typically analyze these essays in terms of three big ideas – here are three big ideas concerning federalist 74. Big idea one – in Federalist 74, , Hamilton described the President’s role as commander in chief in the context of the President's executive author...

Today we will talk about federalist 73. We typically begin these podcast with three big ideas concerning the essay under review – here are three big ideas from federalist 73 Big idea one – in federalist 73, Hamilton pointed to the fixed character of the salary of the President as an element of the strength of the executive branch Big idea two: Hamilton also pointed in federalist 73 to the power of...

Welcome back to the rights and liberties podcast, where we are discussing the federalist papers. Today we will talk about federalist 72. We typically begin these podcasts with three big ideas concerning the essay under consideration – here are three big ideas concerning federalist 72. Big idea one: Hamilton in Federalist 72 reminded his readers of the importance of stability in administration, and...