Federalist Paper #40: The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained
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Federalist Paper #40, written by James Madison, defends the Constitutional Convention’s authority to propose the new Constitution, arguing that the delegates acted out of necessity to address the inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation. Madison asserts that the Convention’s actions were legitimate because they were ratified by the people through state conventions. He emphasizes that the mixed nature of the new government, combining national and federal
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