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 == FEDERALIST NO. 51 ==
+* Federalists 37-84, in general, review the proposed structure of the federal government and discuss it's theoretical foundations in a republican form of government
+* In Federalist 51, Madison discussed "checks and balances":
+** '''The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments"'''
+* Federalists 52-56, address the House of Representatives, the direct representative body of the people
+** Federalist 52: "'''The House of Representatives"'''
+** Federalist 53: "'''The Same Subject Continued: The House of Representatives'''"
+** Federalist 54: "'''The Apportionment of Members Among the States'''"
+** Federalist 55: "'''The Total Number of House of Representatives"'''
+** Federalist 56: "'''The Same Subject Continued: The Total Number of the House of Representatives'''
+** Federalist 57: "'''The Alleged Tendency of the New Plan to Elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many"'''
 ==Summary of purpose==
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 *** making it difficult for any single faction to control all of them
 *** = ""Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
+* Madison also importantly addresses the need for checks and balances within the legislature itself, thus its bicameral (2 houses) form
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