Federalist No. 70

Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 70
AuthorAlexander Hamilton
Original titleThe Executive Department Further Considered
LanguageEnglish
PublisherThe New York Packet
Publication date
March 15, 1788
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 69 
Followed byFederalist No. 71 

Federalist No. 70, titled "The Executive Department Further Considered", is an essay written by Alexander Hamilton arguing for a single, robust executive provided for in the United States Constitution.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It was originally published on March 15, 1788, in The New York Packet under the pseudonym Publius as part of The Federalist Papers and as the fourth in Hamilton's series of eleven essays discussing executive power.[10]

Hamilton argues that unity in the executive branch is a main ingredient for both energy and safety.[2][7][8] Energy arises from the proceedings of a single person, characterized by, "decision, activity, secrecy, and dispatch," while safety arises from the unitary executive's unconcealed accountability to the people.[4][5][7][8][11]

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  5. ^ a b Pfiffner, James P. (2011). "Federalist No. 70: Is the President Too Powerful?". Public Administration Review. 71: S112–S117. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02470.x. JSTOR 41317425.
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  7. ^ a b c Calabresi, Steven G. (1995). "Some Normative Arguments for the Unitary Executive". Arkansas Law Review. 48: 23–104.
  8. ^ a b c Corwin, Edward Samuel. "President, office and powers." (1948).
  9. ^ Fatovic, Clement (July 2004). "Constitutionalism and Presidential Prerogative: Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian Perspectives". American Journal of Political Science. 48 (3): 429–444. doi:10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00079.x. JSTOR 1519908.
  10. ^ Paul Leicester Ford. "The Federalist",1898."
  11. ^ Bailey, Jeremy D. (November 2008). "The New Unitary Executive and Democratic Theory: The Problem of Alexander Hamilton". American Political Science Review. 102 (4): 453–465. doi:10.1017/S0003055408080337. JSTOR 27644538. S2CID 144083358.

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