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== FEDERALIST NO. 51 ==
== 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==
==Summary of purpose==
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*** making it difficult for any single faction to control all of them
*** making it difficult for any single faction to control all of them
*** = ""Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
*** = ""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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