Overview
Questions
1/ Find in the U.S. Constitution some examples of the system of checks and balances.
2/ What are the procedures to change the U.S. Constitution?
3/ What is the Bill of Rights?
Based on the reading The Federalist Paper 51 about James Madison’s conception of the organization of a government.
Comment on the following quote from James Madison in The Federalist paper 51.
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”
You can find James Madison, The Federalist 51, in The Lanahan Readings, pp.74-78.
You can also find it here: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed51.asp