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    <body><![CDATA[Essential commentary on the U.S. federal Constitution by some of the Founding Fathers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay).  There was substantial argument around the founding of the federal government regarding how much power the national government should have, or how much power should be reserved to the states and the people.  These three men (particularly Hamilton, who wrote most of the papers) argued for a federal government with substantial power, at least compared with many of the other men in the constitutional convention.<br/><br/>While I don't agree with everything they say, the perspective that these writings give to the finished -- and significantly briefer -- Constitution is invaluable.  After this I need to read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Anti-Federalist Papers" title="The Anti-Federalist Papers">The Anti-Federalist Papers</a>.]]></body>
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