What Are James Madison's Branch Of Government

Abstract

James Madison was a very influential man. Some of his important writings were the first drafts of the constitution. He had many other historic features such as the co-writing of the federalist papers, sponsoring of the bill of rights, establishment of the Democratic-Republican party, and most important of all, he became President in the year of 1808. The Federalist Papers, were an order of 85 well thought out essays written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison between the dates October 1787 and May 1788. When writing the federalist papers, James Madison wanted to explain his own political philosophy. James Madison begins Federalist No. 51 by explaining the purpose of this article is to help the person who reads it

If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.” (Madison,1788) Sadly, all men have imperfections, the kings and the governed. Consequently, the large problem in framing a government is that the government must be able to control the people, but at the same importance, must be required to control itself. Madison believes that each branch of the government should be mostly independent, at the same time, a branch should not have too much power when selecting members from the other two branches the Republican side of government lean towards a more powerful legislative branch. That is why the writers divided the Congress into two separate branches, the House of Representatives and the Senate, which makes a different way of election in both branches. Madison conclusion is that a self-government thrives in a large country containing a large variety of groups. some countries are just too big for a self-government, but the plan that is being presented modifies the federal value enough to make self-government thinkable and practical in the United States. He had a strong influence from Charles Montesquieu when it came to his political philosophy. Montesquieu was born on January 18, 1689. He died February 10, 1755 and was born in Bordeaux, France. Austin Cline had a great view of Montesquieu’s political philosophy,” Best known for promoting the idea of the separation of powers in government as a means for securing the people's liberty, a principle that has been enshrined in the constitutions of many nations around the world” (Cline, 2016). He was on the conservative side. He defended the life of aristocracy, arguing that it was necessary to protect the state against the extremes of both an absolutist monarch and the anarchy of the public. Montesquieu is famous for communicating the model of separation of