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Principle 19: Federalist Papers Group 2 __
P19 Set 1: Federal 37: Challenges in Framing the Constitution __
- __ Federalist 37 reinforces why WePEG1787 is the only solution. F37 starts to dig deeper into the challenges of forming WTP’s ‘more perfect nation.’ The main takeaway is that WTP must be more engaged, and education must include a complete study of Liberty and our founding to graduate high school.
- __ Every worship center is advised to make sure their congregations are dedicated to Liberty so that they can practice their faith freely.
Quote: ‘The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.’ Got it?
- Federalist No. 37 – Challenges in Framing the Constitution.
- Topic: Complexity of balancing energy, stability, and liberty.
- __ Human reason is limited; perfect government design is impossible due to human imperfection.
- __ Our Founding Fathers faced a tricky balance: ensuring energy (strength), stability (consistency), and responsiveness (connection to the people) in government.
- __ A government needs enough energy to act decisively, especially for national defense and law enforcement. It also must have enough stability to avoid frequent, disruptive changes.
- __ At the same time, it must stay faithful to the people’s will, maintaining legitimacy. Achieving all three goals together (energy, stability, and responsiveness) is tough because they can conflict.
- __ Language is imperfect, and drafting clear and precise constitutional text is challenging.
- __ Political passions and personal interests complicated the Constitutional Convention debates.
- __ Despite the challenges, the remarkable consensus among the states shows the Constitution’s strength and wisdom.
- __ People should approach the new Constitution with generosity and realistic expectations, recognizing the enormous difficulty of the task.
- __ I have read Federalist 37.
P19 Set 2: Federalist 38: Anti-Federalist Critics __
- Federalist No. 38 – Inconsistencies of Anti-Federalist Critics
- Topic: Critics ignore flaws of the Articles of Confederation.
- __ F38 is about weak opposition that wants the status quo. The following quote shows the intelligence of our Founding Fathers. It is time for the learned to step up for Liberty. Idiots are voting for nonsense from a brilliant Blue Faction GL PSYOP.
Quote: ‘Minos, we learn, was the primitive founder of the government of Crete, as Zaleucus was of that of the Locrians. Theseus first, and after him, Draco and Solon instituted the government of Athens. Lycurgus was the lawgiver of Sparta. The foundation of the original government of Rome was laid by Romulus, and the work completed by two of his elective successors, Numa and Tullius Hostilius. On the abolition of royalty the consular administration was substituted by Brutus, who stepped forward with a project for such a reform, which, he alleged, had been prepared by Tullius Hostilius, and to which his address obtained the assent and ratification of the senate and people. This remark is applicable to confederate governments also. Amphictyon, we are told, was the author of that which bore his name. The Achaean league received its first birth from Achaeus, and its second from Aratus.’
- __ Criticism of the new Constitution often contradicts itself; critics demand change but oppose the proposed solution.
- __ Most governments are born from accident, force, or conquest—not thoughtful reflection and choice.
- __ The Articles of Confederation were flawed, yet critics tolerated them while attacking the improved Constitution.
- __ Critics often demand impossible perfection instead of appreciating substantial improvement.
- __ Historical examples (like Athens and Rome) show that founding a stable government is extraordinarily hard.
- __ The Constitutional Convention produced a government structure that corrects past defects. Rejecting the Constitution risks national disunion and instability. Adopting the Constitution is the best path to secure liberty and good governance.
- __ Adopting WePEG1787 is essential today.
- __ I have read Federalist 38.
P19 Set 3: Federalest 39: A Republic __
- Federalist No. 39 – Republic Principles in the Constitution
- Topic: The Constitution maintains a republican form of government (or not).
- __ A true republic is a government deriving all its powers directly or indirectly from the people.
- __ Had our Founding Fathers known, they would have prohibited political faction power inside our governments by name. WePEG1787 cures that oversight.
- __ Our SCOTUS failed WTP by cutting WTP’s DOI and the Preamble from our DOI/COTUS.
- __ The Preamble begins with ‘We the People,’ establishing that government authority comes from the citizens.
- The Guarantee Clause (Article IV, Section 4) explicitly states: ‘The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government…’
- __ Our Founding Fathers argued that our DOI/COTUS ensures a republic by giving power to the people, setting up a representative system, limiting government powers, dividing those powers, guaranteeing a republican form in every state, and protecting individual rights.
- __ And every one of those statements has been eviscerated by political factions. They are unconstitutional on their face, and they must be removed from our government.
- __ Any judge, including our SCOTUS, must be removed if they do not restore WTP’s rights to a republic form of government.
- __ Leaders must be elected and serve for a limited time or good behavior.
- __ The Constitution creates a government that is partly national and partly federal.
- __ National: The people directly ratify the Constitution (not the states).
- __ Federal: States are essential, especially in the Senate and Electoral College.
- __ The House of Representatives is based on population (national principle).
- __ The Senate gives equal representation to each state (federal principle).
- __ The President is elected through popular vote and state choice (mixed principle).
- __ The Constitution preserves the independence and authority of the states (or not).
- __ The new government is consistent with republican principles and avoids monarchy or aristocracy. ‘Consistent’ is no longer good enough; enumeration is mandatory.
- __ I have read Federalist 39.
P19 Set 4: Federalist 40-46: Federal Power __
- F40-47 are straightforward in our DOI/COTUS. Reading is mandatory because it enumerates everything our federal government has stolen from the states with political faction power, and WTP must restore it all with WePEG1787.
- Federalist No. 40 – Legitimacy of the Constitutional Convention
- Topic: The Convention acted within its authority
- __ The enemies of Liberty attacked the Convention’s validity, but obviously, it did not work. However, the arguments will sound familiar.
- Federalist No. 41 – General Powers of the Federal Government
- Topic: Justification of federal powers granted in the Constitution
- __ Trust must ultimately rest in the people’s vigilance and government structure to prevent abuse.
- Federalist No. 42 – Specific Federal Powers (Commerce, Foreign Affairs, etc.)
- Topic: Enumerated powers necessary for national function
- Federalist No. 43 – Additional Powers and the Guarantee Clause
- Topic: Constitutional amendments and republican government guarantee
Quote: ‘The more intimate the nature of such a union may be, the greater interest have the members in the political institutions of each other; and the greater right to insist that the forms of government under which the compact was entered into should be SUBSTANTIALLY maintained.’
- __ The Quote is where our Founding Fathers missed the boat.
- __ Political factions must operate only within their 1A rights to speak, assemble, and petition for grievances.
- Federalist No. 44 – Restrictions on States
- Topic: States cannot undermine national authority
- __ State governments retain their rightful powers, but the supremacy of federal law ensures a functioning national system. The survival of the Union depends on balancing state sovereignty with national authority.__
- Federalist No. 45 – Balance of State and Federal Powers
- Topic: Federal power strengthens, not destroys, the states
- __ The powers delegated to the federal government are few and defined; those remaining with the states are numerous and indefinite; this was the intent of our Founding Fathers.
- __ Federal powers are mainly concerned with external issues (war, peace, foreign relations, commerce).
- __ State powers cover ordinary affairs of life (property, personal rights, internal order).
- __ State governments are closer to the people and will naturally command more loyalty and influence.
- __ Critics’ fears about federal tyranny are unfounded; the federal government depends on the states and the people; this is another example of our Founding Fathers’ failure.
- __ Historically, governments without strong local authority collapsed or became tyrannical. WePEG1787 takes that to heart.
- Federalist No. 46 – The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared
- Topic: People will naturally side with states if federal overreach occurs
- __ The federal and state governments are different agents of the people, serving different purposes.
- __ State governments will naturally have the advantage of gaining people’s loyalty because they are closer to the people.
- __ People are more connected to their local governments than a distant federal authority.
- __ If the federal government tried to usurp too much power, the states would rally the people to resist.
- __ States have their own organized militias (citizen-soldiers) as a defense against federal tyranny.
- __ The federal government depends on the cooperation of the states to function correctly.
- __ Any federal attempt at oppression would face massive resistance from state governments and the population.
- __ Madison argues that American citizens are armed and spirited, making a federal takeover practically impossible.
- __ Trust lies in the structure of government and the people’s character to protect liberty.
- __ The above statements illustrate the naivety of our Founding Fathers. WTP must fight back at the ballot box in 2026.
- __ I have read Federalist 40-46.
P19 Set 5: Federalist 47-49: Federal Power __
- FEDERALIST No. 47 – Separation of Powers
- Topic: Montesquieu supports separation, not absolute division
- Critics claim the Constitution violates the principle of separation of powers.
- __ Complete separation is neither practical nor intended; some blending of powers is necessary.
- __ The blending is in concept: tax their citizens (income, property, sales), establish courts (state and federal judiciary systems coexist), enforce laws and punish criminals, borrow money, charter corporations, and regulate business activities (subject to federal supremacy if there’s a conflict).
- __ The actual danger is an accumulation of all powers (legislative, executive, judicial) in the same hands. F47 identified the real danger but failed to protect against it.
- FEDERALIST No. 48 – Legislative Encroachment
- Topic: The legislative branch poses the greatest threat to separation of powers
- __ Simply writing down the separation of powers is insufficient to prevent one branch from encroaching on another.
- __ In practice, each branch will naturally seek to expand its own power unless restrained.
- __ The legislative branch is the most likely to overstep because it holds the people’s direct authority and makes the laws.
- __ Historical examples (like Virginia and Pennsylvania) show that legislatures often dominate even when separation is declared.
- __ Power must be checked by power: each branch must have constitutional means to defend itself.
- __ Barriers, not just words, are needed to keep government departments within their proper bounds.
- __ Maintaining Liberty depends on creating structures that make overreach difficult, not just prohibiting it in writing.
- __ Our Founding Fathers created our Governments to provide and protect Liberty. Research and experience will produce the best solution for the most people.
- __ That is what WePEG1787 accomplishes with our candidates. When political factions instead fight over power and plunder WTP’s treasury, WTP’s only option is to vote political faction representatives out of office and put the factions on the scrap heap of history.
- FEDERALIST No. 49 – Public Appeals and Constitutional Stability
- Topic: Frequent appeals to the people undermine stability
- __ F49 discusses governments bypassing routine procedures and going directly to the people. Since that is ‘Democracy,’ there is no method in our federal government.
- __ Most states have some form of citizen power where WTP can propose laws and vote them into law. That is Democracy at work, and it is time WTP went to work to use it in deep Blue states.
- __ I have read Federalist 40-46.
P19 Set 5: Federalist 50: Periodic Reviews __
- FEDERALIST No. 50 – Periodic Reviews of the Constitution
- Topic: Institutional checks are better than frequent conventions
- __ F50 is interesting because review is sorely needed. Periodic DOI/COTUS Institutional checks could have saved our nation. When Progressivism arrived in 1913, WTP were not ready.
- __ Numerous ‘Ombudsmen Groups’ exist today but have means of power. WePEG1787 provides the power WTP have been waiting for.
- __ The 17A, passed in 1912, changed the selection of senators by the state legislature to WTP-elected candidates because of the vast corruption involved in selecting senators.
- __ Compare representatives loyal only to WTP at all levels vs. representatives loyal to corrupt political factions seeking power and favor.
- __ Three House seats in CA were recount-close and buried in corrupt ballots. The Red Faction said to let them go and concede when WTP’s team was ready to pounce on the corruption. WTP were deprived of our representatives in violation of our DOI/COTUS right to choose but had nowhere to go.
- __ A review process would have discovered the political faction power working against WTP and saved our Liberty. The only hope for an honest government is removing political faction power in our representatives and government. WePEG1787 has the power to do that in 2026.
- __ Where our Founding Fathers went wrong is that the threat was representatives abusing WTP’s DOI/COTUS, not just its weaknesses. The ‘State of the Union Address’ (Article II Section 3) should have directed the POTUS to include a review of political faction influence in all legislation regarding its compliance with WTP’s DOI/COTUS.
- __ The Founding Fathers’ fear of Democracy left no interest in WTP reviewing the adherence to our DOI/COTUS. The press, colleges, and churches could all have played a role in the public square, protecting our precious Liberty or a new faction with righteous intent.
- __ It is clear that our Founding Fathers did not want WTP involved directly.
- Some proposed regularly scheduled public conventions to review and correct government abuses.
- F50 argued this would not work because the reviews would be too frequent and emotional, not based on calm reason.
- If abuses happen, passions would be too high at the review time, leading to biased judgments.
- The public will not care enough to make meaningful decisions if no abuses happen.
- Regular conventions would create constant political instability and weaken government authority.
- Government must be designed with internal safeguards (checks and balances) rather than relying on frequent public intervention.
- Stability in government protects Liberty better than constant widespread upheaval.
- The Constitution’s structure already provides better, more stable ways to correct abuses when they occur.
- __ The bottom line is that F50’s arguments failed because they believed they could control political factions. They were dead wrong on that.
- __ I have read Federalist 50.
P19 Set 6: Federalist 51: Periodic Reviews __
- FEDERALIST No. 51 – Checks and Balances
- Topic: Separation of powers and internal controls preserve liberty
Quote: ‘If men were angels, no government would be necessary.’
- Because human nature is flawed, the government must control the governed and itself.
- Separation of powers is essential: each branch (legislative, executive, judicial) must be independent and have enough power to defend itself.
- __ Defend against what? Political factions taking control of all three branches and the press.
- __ Each branch must have constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments by the others.
- __ The fear was branch against branch inside; they had no fear of political faction vs. all three branches.
- A system of checks and balances ensures no single branch becomes dominant.
- __ Not if the enemy is external in its loyalty to the political faction king.
- In a republic, the legislative branch naturally predominates; therefore, it is divided into two houses (House and Senate) to weaken its dominance.
- The federal structure (national and state governments) provides a double security for the rights of the people.
- Competing interests among different groups (factions) help prevent tyranny.
- __ But only if the factions are many different groups, which is where our Founding Fathers failed.
- __ Justice is the ultimate goal: a government must control itself to secure the rights of the governed.
- __ Justice must control political factions as the enemy and the new king.
- __ I have read Federalist 51.
P19 Set 7: Federalist 52-53: The House __
- FEDERALIST No. 52 – The House of Representatives
- Topic: Foundation and frequency of elections in the House
- The House of Representatives is designed to be directly tied to the people through frequent elections. Frequent elections ensure that representatives remain accountable and responsive to public interests.
- __ Notice the ‘public interest,’ not the political faction interest. Each House member has a unique public interest in their district; political factions focus on their interests.
- The two-year term strikes a balance between giving representatives time to learn their duties and maintaining control by the people. A key goal is to create a government dependent on the people alone.
- __ Notice the ‘people alone,’ not the ‘people and their faction king.’
- The right to vote is primarily defined by the states, allowing broad participation in line with state practices. Different state rules for voting reflect local circumstances but respect democratic principles.
- __ Broad participation means across the different district’s issues, not the political faction issues state-wide. Political factions become a voting block in the House to maximize faction power, not do the best for most WTP.
- Broad suffrage (right to vote) supports a free and representative government. Historical examples show that when rulers are frequently elected by the people, liberty is better preserved.
- __ In 1787, the world discriminated against many things, including slave races and women. Compromises were made, or there would be no USA. That does not condemn our founding; it applauds it because it can fix rights instead of tearing down the nation.
- __ WTP will never know how our USA would have handled slavery had there been no political factions involved. We want to think WTP would have handled it peacefully, and in 2026, WTP will have an opportunity to re-set our USA back to WTP, our representatives, with the major problems solved.
- __ The ‘slave race’ issue was solved legally with 14A and 15A, and 19A fixed the women’s suffrage issue. However, the 1964 Civil Rights Act is still a ‘privilege,’ not a Right, and it would be good to fix that by 2028.
- __ There are other important Amendments in discussion, and this is our time to fix them all by 2028 without political faction interference, just WTP.
- __ I have read Federalist 52.
- FEDERALIST No. 53 – Term Lengths in the House
- Topic: Two-year terms allow competence and accountability
- F53 is straightforward.
- __ I have read Federalist 53.
- FEDERALIST No. 54 – Apportionment and the Three-Fifths Compromise
- Topic: Representation and taxation formula
- Slaves were considered both persons and property under the law.
- The Constitution’s compromise (three-fifths rule) reflects this dual legal status.
- Counting slaves fully or not at all would be unfair to either North or South.
- Practical compromise ensures fairness in both taxation and representation.
- Political necessity made compromise essential for union and stability.
- __ This was a unique situation designed to save the nation. The statute of limitations for the grievances ended 150 years ago.
- __ The election of a Black POTUS proved the end of discrimination except for a few remnants.
- __ The Blue Faction brought it back because they needed the political weapon. However, they had to invent a new form and stage incidents because they could not find real racism in WTP.
- __ The Blue Faction must pay dearly in 2026 and be put on the scrap heap of history.
- __ I have read Federalist 54.
- FEDERALIST No. 55 – Size of the House of Representatives
- Topic: Small initial size is safe and will grow
- Critics argue the House is too small to be truly representative.
- A small body can still be effective and trustworthy.
- Virtue, not just numbers, protects Liberty.
- The system’s checks and balances guard against abuses.
- __ Notice ‘ trustworthiness, virtue, and checks and balances. Political factions destroyed it all in our representatives.
- __ I have read Federalist 55.
- FEDERALIST No. 56 – Knowledge Required in the House
- Topic: Representatives will be informed enough to govern
- Critics claim representatives won’t know enough about local issues; only national issues, not every local concern, are their responsibility.
- __ ‘National issues’ implies issues in every state, not every state issue being ruled by the federal government.
- __ I have read Federalist 56.
- FEDERALIST No. 57 – Public Trust and House Representation
- Topic: The House will remain loyal to the people
- Representatives depend on the people for election and re-election. The people’s power to remove them ensures accountability.
- They are bound by gratitude, honor, and ambition to serve the people’s interests.
- Laws representatives pass also apply to themselves.
- __ Political faction power has destroyed the truth of WTP today.
- __ I have read Federalist 57.
- FEDERALIST No. 58 – Number of Representatives
- Topic: Growth of the House is built into the Constitution
- Critics fear larger states will dominate smaller ones.
- F58 reassures that proportional representation and the Senate balance power.
- A growing population will increase representation fairly. Stability and order matter more than perfect numerical equality.
- __ Political factions must destroy all the safeguards to change voting as a democracy.
- __ I have read Federalist 58.
- FEDERALIST No. 59 – Federal Control Over Elections
- Topic: Congress must regulate its own elections
- The national government must have some control over its own elections.
- Otherwise, states could undermine the federal government’s survival.
- States still have primary responsibility, but federal oversight is necessary for security.
- __ The political factions have destroyed our entire election process WTP must establish Principles 2 and 3.
- __ I have read Federalist 59.
- FEDERALIST No. 60 – Class Bias in Election Regulation
- Topic: No class can dominate under federal election rules
- Fear that Congress will favor the wealthy elite is exaggerated.
- Too many different interests among the people prevent consolidation of power.
- Elections will remain free and diverse.
- __ The political factions have destroyed our entire election process WTP must establish Principles 2 and 3.
- __ I have read Federalist 60.
- FEDERALIST No. 61 – Times, Places, and Manner of Elections
- Topic: Flexibility in election law is necessary
- Flexibility is needed to regulate election times and places.
- Concentrating election power solely in states or Congress would be dangerous.
- Shared power protects fairness and prevents abuse.
- __ The political factions have destroyed our entire election process. WTP must establish Principles 2 and 3.
- __ I have read Federalist 61.