Question

"To what expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining

in practice the necessary partition of power among the several
departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer
that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are
found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so
contriving the interior structure of the government as that its
several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the
means of keeping each other in their proper places."
-Source: Publius (James Madison), The Federalist Papers, no. 51,
1788
The ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from a larger
intellectual debate over which of the following?
Choose 1 answer:
A ratification of the Northwest Ordinance
Badoption of the Bill of Rights

Answer 1

The ideas in the excerpt emerged from a debate over the adoption of the Bill of Rights.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from a larger intellectual debate over the adoption of the Bill of Rights. The passage is from The Federalist Papers, a series of essays written by Publius (James Madison), advocating for the ratification of the United States Constitution. The excerpt specifically addresses the need to maintain a necessary partition of power among the several departments of government, and suggests that the interior structure of the government can provide the means to do so.

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