James Madison writes, in Federalist #10, “The federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular to the State legislatures.”
Federalist #10, explain what Madison is saying about federalism in your own words.
What is a “faction?”
How does the existence of factions relate to liberty?
What are the differences between a democracy and a republic, as forms of government?
What does Madison assert on each of these?
What do you see as the advantages of our constitutional republican form of government in the U.S.?
