John Parillo: On Federalist 51
In this episode, John Parillo discusses how James Madison a modern day Aristotle balanced powers of the three branches of the new government.
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In this episode, John Parillo discusses how James Madison a modern day Aristotle balanced powers of the three branches of the new government.
John Parillo explains Federalist 49 & 50; Remedies to Constitutional Violations, Non-Partisan Commissions and resolving differences.
On Resisting the Federal Government and the Separation of Powers
John Parillo walks us through Federalist 44 and 45 and the Limits of State’s Sovereignty and the Preservation of State’s Rights
John Parillo On the Prohibition of the Importation of Slaves, Definition of Citizenship, and the Process of Amendments
On the Legitimacy of the New Constitution, and the Very Limited Role of Government
In Federalist 38 Madison discusses the process by which the new proposed constitution was written and how that process was superior to anything that had been attempted before in history.
“There are strong minds in every walk of life that will rise superior to the disadvantages of situation, and will command the tribute due to their merit, not only from the classes to which they particularly belong, but from the society in general.”
Having just thrown off one despot, the Framers were loath to replace him with another, even one of their own making
Hamilton once again delves into power of the States vis a vis the Federal Government and outlines the importance of the militia.
Hamilton goes on in Federalist 26 to talk about the reasons why a national military is needed and how the legislature provides a check on this power.
The idea of a professional soldier would have been foreign to the colonists and a subject of concern. To this day, the funding for our military must be re-authorized every two years.
In discussing Federalist 22 and 23, John Parillo examines economics along with the very real necessity of defending the newly-born nation.
Emergencies are often used by authoritarian governments to bend, if not outright flout the rules. Federalist 20 & 21 address this issue.
In his examination of Federalist 17-19, John Parillo looks at the discussion of balance between individual and state liberties vs Federal Powers.
On why the Framers determined that our President should not and would not be a King
John Parillo examines Federalist 12-15, where Hamilton and Madison once again return to limited government and great personal liberty.
John Parillo discusses Federalist 11 and 12, where the emphasis changes from personal liberty to economics, including taxation.
In Federalist 9 Hamilton tells us why it was important that we spent the time understanding the lessons of the Greeks and Romans.
In Federalist 8 Hamilton discusses how war between the various states would be worse for the individual states than it would be between Europe’s various countries.