Federalist Papers Podcast Series

Federalist 60: “This Characteristic Right of Freedom” | Hamilton on Concerns about the Federal Government Regulating Elections Without the Input of State Governments 02.12.2022 12:21 ↓

 

Federalist 59: "Every Government Ought to Contain in Itself the Means of Its Own Preservation" | Hamilton on the Power to Regulate Congressional Elections 04.11.2022 9:24 ↓

 

Federalist 58: "The Fundamental Principle of Free Government" | Madison on Increasing the Number of Members of the House of Representatives in Relation to Population Increases 28.10.2022 11:26 ↓

 

Federalist 57: “Bound to Fidelity and Sympathy” | Madison on What Binds of Members of the House of Representatives to Their Constituents 21.10.2022 9:15 ↓

 

Federalist 56: “A Due Knowledge of the Interests of Its Constituents” | Madison on the Level of Understanding of Local Affairs Members Would Bring to the House of Representatives 14.10.2022 11:25 ↓

 

Federalist 55: "A Certain Portion of Esteem and Confidence" | Madison on the Proper Size of the House of Representatives 07.10.2022 11:59 ↓

 

Federalist 54: “The Establishment of a Common Measure for Representation and Taxation” | Madison on Apportionment and the Three-Fifths Compromise 23.09.2022 11:31 ↓

 

Federalist 53: The Authority of a Paramount Constitution | Madison’s Defense of Biennial Elections to the House of Representatives 09.09.2022 11:48 ↓

   

Federalist 52: “A Fundamental Article of Republican Government” | Madison on Elections and the House of Representatives 28.03.2022 11:25 ↓

 

Federalist 51 “These Inventions of Prudence” | Madison on Separation of Powers, Human Nature, and Republican Government 21.03.2022 13:37 ↓

 

Federalist 50 “Either a Universal Alarm for the Public Safety, or an Absolute Extinction of Liberty” | Madison on the Necessity of Parties 14.03.2022 8:56 ↓

 

Federalist 49 “The People are the Only Legitimate Fountain of Power” | Madison on Public Passions, Public Reason, and the Stability of Government 07.03.2022 14:13 ↓

 

Federalist 48: "Give to Each a Constitutional Control over the Others” | Madison on the Practical Implementation of Separation of Powers 28.02.2022 10:55 ↓

 

Federalist 47: “The Mirror of Political Liberty” | Madison on Montesquieu and the Separation of Powers 21.02.2022 9:50 ↓

 

Federalist 46: “Agents and Trustees of the People” | Madison on the Central Role of the People in Government 14.02.2022 13:37 ↓

 

Federalist 45: “The Happiness of the People of America” | Madison on the Powers of the States and Local Governments under the Constitution 07.02.2022 10:16 ↓

  

Federalist 44: “No Part of the Power Is Unnecessary or Improper” | Madison on the Necessary and Proper Clause, the Supremacy Clause, and Other Elements of the Constitution 31.01.2022 12:48 ↓

 

Federalist 43: “The Express Authority of the People Alone” | Madison on Ratification, Amendment, and Other Elements of the Constitution 24.01.2022 13:46 ↓

 

Federalist 42: “The Necessity of a Superintending Authority” | Madison on Commerce and Foreign Policy 17.01.2022 10:58 ↓

 

Federalist 41: “A Dangerous, at the Same Time That It May Be a Necessary, Provision” | Madison on Standing Armies and Naval Defense 10.01.2022 9:55 ↓

 

Federalist 40: “The Confidential Servants of Their Country” | Madison on the Creation of the Constitution 03.01.2022 14:47 ↓

 

Federalist 39: “What, Then, Are the Distinctive Characters of the Republican Form?” | Madison on Republican Government 27.12.2021 9:52 ↓

 

Federalist 38: “The Hazards and Difficulties Incident to Such Experiments” | Madison on Alternatives to the Constitution, Ancient and Modern 20.12.2021 13:13 ↓

 

Federalist 37: “The Novelty of the Undertaking Immediately Strikes Us” | Madison on the Necessity of Innovation at the Convention 06.12.2021 13:18 ↓

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Federalist 36: “The Door Ought to Be Equally Open to All” | Hamilton on the Expertise Necessary to Inform Taxation Policy 29.11.2021 11:28 ↓