John Parillo Examines Federalist 60
In this chapter, Hamilton (and Parillo) address the opposite question, why should the new federal government not regulate all elections?
Federalism
John Parillo Explains Federalist 58
Do Small States Have Too Much Power? In Madison’s time, the composition of the House caused that question. Today, it’s the Senate.
John Parillo On: Federalist 56 and 57
John Parillo explores more on the unique nature of our Lower House, The People’s House
John Parillo: Federalist 55 and Avoiding Tyranny
John Parillo discusses Federalist 55 and the question: Just how many Representatives are needed to avoid tyranny?
John Parillo Explains Federalist 54
In Federalist 54 Madison says that it is quite natural that taxes be apportioned to the number of people living in the individual states.
John Parillo On: Federalist 52 and 53
John Parillo discourses on the compromise between direct democracy and states’ power via the House of Representatives and the Senate.
John Parillo on: Federalist 49 and 50
John Parillo explains Federalist 49 & 50; Remedies to Constitutional Violations, Non-Partisan Commissions and resolving differences.
John Parillo on: Federalist 46 to 48
On Resisting the Federal Government and the Separation of Powers
John Parillo on Federalist 44 and 45
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 Federalist 42 and 43
John Parillo On the Prohibition of the Importation of Slaves, Definition of Citizenship, and the Process of Amendments
Parillo on Federalist 40 and 41
On the Legitimacy of the New Constitution, and the Very Limited Role of Government
John Parillo: Federalist 38 and 39
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.
Parillo: Federalist 26-28 and the Right of Self Defense
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.
John Parillo On Federalist 24 and 25
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.
John Parillo: Federalist 22 and 23
In discussing Federalist 22 and 23, John Parillo examines economics along with the very real necessity of defending the newly-born nation.
John Parillo on: Federalist 20 and 21
Emergencies are often used by authoritarian governments to bend, if not outright flout the rules. Federalist 20 & 21 address this issue.
Parillo Examines Federalist 17 to 19
In his examination of Federalist 17-19, John Parillo looks at the discussion of balance between individual and state liberties vs Federal Powers.
Parillo Examines Federalist 16
On why the Framers determined that our President should not and would not be a King
Parillo Examines Federalist 13-15
John Parillo examines Federalist 12-15, where Hamilton and Madison once again return to limited government and great personal liberty.