Federalism The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. ... Alexander Hamilton concurred by stating that the people would sustain a balance between national and state power. ...
The United States of America has been a prosperous and productive nation under federalism for the past 200 years. ... Alexander Hamilton concurred in Federalist No. 28 by stating that the people would sustain a balance between national and state power. ...
John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote a series of essays and published them as The Federalist Papers. ... Their strategy was to portray America in crisis. The point to a stagnant American economy, potential for revolt and social anarchy, and to the contempt other nations showed towards this new nation. ...
Roosevelt had to make a decision regarding how to handle the sizable Japanese-American population on the west coast. ... As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist #74, "The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority"6. This is Hamilton invoking the idea of plenary authority. What this essentially means is that Hamilton would vest in the President complete unitary power to deploy and command the military as he or she sees fit i...
The proper interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause was the subject of a heated debate between such important figures as Alexander Hamilton (who argued that the clause should be read broadly to authorize the exercise of many implied powers) and Thomas Jefferson (who argued that "necessary" really meant necessary). Hamilton's more flexible interpretation makes possible a strong central government, whereas Jefferson's narrower interpretation strengthens states' rights. ... Congress has, of course, with the blessing of the Supreme Court, used the commerce clause to extend...
Napoleon decided to focus his resources on dominating Europe, and to cut his losses for the territories in North America. ... Federalists were angered because, "[Anti-Federalists] had passionately denounced the argument of Alexander Hamilton and other Federalists that there were implied powers in the Constitution that entitled the government to take action in areas not covered in the text of the national charter, (Thomas Fleming, The Louisiana Purchase). ... -Henry Adams, Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansionism Whether or not the sale was worthless, if it went through it could cau...
