10. Reflection and Choice | On the Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances

Summary

In this episode of Season 4 of Vital Remnants, McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary L. Gregg II guides readers through Federalist 47-51 and four Anti-Federalist writings in Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, The Anti-Federalists, and the Debate that Defined America, edited by Gary L. Gregg II and Aaron N. Coleman. 

Dr. Gregg discusses one of the most famous Federalist Papers, No. 51, and how Publius defends the separation of powers found in the Constitution. 

Corresponding Reading 

Section 2, pp.23-74 of Gary L. Gregg II and Aaron N. Coleman, Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, The Anti-Federalists, and the Debate that Defined America. 

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Contributors

Host: Dr. Gary L. Gregg II, McConnell Center Director 

Producer and Editor: Connor Tracy, McConnell Center SBS Coordinator  

Co-Editor: Will Randolph, McConnell Scholar