Federalist 74: The President and the Power to Pardon
With the exception of impeachment, the Power to Pardon is absolute. Nixon’s resignation is what enabled Ford to pardon him.
Madison
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 42 and 43
John Parillo On the Prohibition of the Importation of Slaves, Definition of Citizenship, and the Process of Amendments
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 Examines Federalist 13-15
John Parillo examines Federalist 12-15, where Hamilton and Madison once again return to limited government and great personal liberty.
The Roadmap to Overreach: Madison’s Prophetic Warning
If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may justify any action at all under that aegis.
Federalist 86, by the Sons and Daughters of Publius
Two hundred and thirty-five years ago, the final of eighty-five essays was published that are widely known today as The Federalist Papers. The first was written in October 1787 and the last one in May 1788.