Federalist No. 28
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...
, the twenty-eighth of the Federalist Papers
Federalist Papers
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. It was published on December 26, 1787 under the pseudonym
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Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published. This is the last of three essays discussing the threat to the common good stemming from excessive restraint on legislative authority. It is titled, "The Same Subject Continued: The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered."