Debating the presidency: Anti-Federalist and Federalist views of executive power during the ratification debate

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Debating the presidency: Anti-Federalist and Federalist views of executive power during the ratification debate

21 Dec 2021

The paper analyzes Anti-Federalist and Federalist views of the office of the presidency during the ratification debate over the Constitution in 1787-1788. It explores in detailed fashion the critiques and defenses of what the Constitution’s architects had established with respect to executive power and its relationship to republican government. Download the Working Paper PDF
executive power constitution alexander hamilton executive branch james madison us constitution politics and public opinion us presidency federalist papers

Authors

Gary J. Schmitt, Joseph M. Bessette

Published in
United States of America

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