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Primarily discusses the checks and balances of the branches. However, it does not say what the balances are, only what they aren't. This has created some confusion on whether the people should determine what the checks should be or if it should lie within the branches.It has great details in how one government must protect the corruption is the root of power
Madison did not need to include the checks and balances in Federalist 51, because they were already stated in the Constitution. The Federalist Papers were not written primarily to inform the people, per say, of what was contained in the Constitution, but to rather use philosophical and logical arguments to prove that the system proposed by the Constitution, was, in fact, one of the best. --5ptcalvinist03:54, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am a bit confused by the comment that "Today, some power is also given to district governments." If this refers to local governments within particular states, that was true long before the Constitution, and in fact before the Declaration of Independence, and so it's irrelevant to the issue. If it refers to anything else, then I have no idea what it might be. Can anyone explain it to me, or should I just delete it? Caliban10:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]