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| title_orig = The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered |
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'''Federalist No. 72,''' titled "'''The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered'''", is an essay by [[Alexander Hamilton]]. It is the seventy-second essay of ''[[The Federalist Papers]]'' and the sixth in a series of eleven essays discussing the powers of the [[Executive (government)|Executive branch]]. The essay was first published in ''The New York Packet'' on March 18, 1788, under the [[pseudonym]] [[Federalist Papers#Origins|Publius]], the name under which all essays of ''The Federalist Papers'' were published. |
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'''Federalist No. 72''' is an [[essay]] by [[Alexander Hamilton]], the seventy-second of ''[[The Federalist Papers]]''. It was published on March 19, 1788, under the [[pseudonym]] [[Federalist Papers#Origins|Publius]]. The paper, titled "'''The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered''', discusses executive re-eligibility and is the sixth in a series of 11 essays discussing the powers the Executive branch. |
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The essay focuses on whether the [[President of the United States|president]] should be eligible for reelection without a term limit.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Perry |first=James L. |date=2011 |title=Federalist No. 72: What Happened to the Public Service Ideal? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41317429 |journal=Public Administration Review |volume=71 |pages=S143–S147 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02474.x |jstor=41317429 |issn=0033-3352}}</ref> Hamilton argued that re-eligibility was essential to executive power. |
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==Executive re-eligibility== |
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In ''Federalist No. 72'', Alexander Hamilton argues that re-eligibility is essential to executive power. He believed that the Presidency must attract the most ambitious individuals and re-eligibility ensured that they would not attempt to extend their term in office unconstitutionally. |
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==Summary== |
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| ⚫ | Hamilton believed that executives should be eligible to serve as many terms as the American people allow. He argued that limits on re-eligibility would hamper an experienced president to use his past expertise. In addition, Hamilton argued that term limits prevent an executive from |
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In ''Federalist No. 72'', Alexander Hamilton argues that re-eligibility is essential to executive power. He believed that the Presidency must attract the most ambitious individuals and re-eligibility ensured that they would not attempt to extend their term in office unconstitutionally. While Hamilton hoped for a class of 'disinterested' public servants, he acknowledged the importance of self-interest, stating that "the desire for reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bilmes |first=Linda J. |date=2011 |title=Federalist Nos. 67–77 How Would Publius Envision the Civil Service Today? |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02468.x |journal=Public Administration Review |language=en |volume=71 |issue=s1 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02468.x |issn=0033-3352}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Hamilton believed that executives should be eligible to serve as many terms as the American people allow. He argued that limits on re-eligibility would hamper an experienced president to use his past expertise. In addition, Hamilton argued that term limits prevent an executive from using experience gained in emergency situations in other terms and that term limits restrict stability within the executive. |
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| ⚫ | The [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution#Attempts at repeal| |
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| ⚫ | The [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution#Attempts at repeal|Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution]] imposed the present two-tier term limit on the executive branch. Today, U.S. presidents can only serve two terms, or if a succession has taken place, ten years, as president of the country. |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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{{wikisource|The_Federalist_Papers/No._72|Federalist No. 72}} |
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* [https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/The+Federalist+Papers#TheFederalistPapers-72 Text of The Federalist No. 72]: [[congress.gov]] |
* [https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/The+Federalist+Papers#TheFederalistPapers-72 Text of The Federalist No. 72]: [[congress.gov]] |
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*[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed72.asp The Federalist No. 72 Text] |
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed72.asp The Federalist No. 72 Text] |
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Latest revision as of 14:52, 4 October 2024
 Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 72 | |
| Author | Alexander Hamilton |
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| Original title | The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Independent Journal, New York Packet, The Daily Advertiser |
Publication date | March 19, 1788 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Newspaper |
| Preceded by | Federalist No. 71 |
| Followed by | Federalist No. 73 |
Federalist No. 72, titled "The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered", is an essay by Alexander Hamilton. It is the seventy-second essay of The Federalist Papers and the sixth in a series of eleven essays discussing the powers of the Executive branch. The essay was first published in The New York Packet on March 18, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all essays of The Federalist Papers were published.
The essay focuses on whether the president should be eligible for reelection without a term limit.[1] Hamilton argued that re-eligibility was essential to executive power.
Summary
[edit]In Federalist No. 72, Alexander Hamilton argues that re-eligibility is essential to executive power. He believed that the Presidency must attract the most ambitious individuals and re-eligibility ensured that they would not attempt to extend their term in office unconstitutionally. While Hamilton hoped for a class of 'disinterested' public servants, he acknowledged the importance of self-interest, stating that "the desire for reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct."[2]
Hamilton believed that executives should be eligible to serve as many terms as the American people allow. He argued that limits on re-eligibility would hamper an experienced president to use his past expertise. In addition, Hamilton argued that term limits prevent an executive from using experience gained in emergency situations in other terms and that term limits restrict stability within the executive.
The Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution imposed the present two-tier term limit on the executive branch. Today, U.S. presidents can only serve two terms, or if a succession has taken place, ten years, as president of the country.
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- ^ Perry, James L. (2011). "Federalist No. 72: What Happened to the Public Service Ideal?". Public Administration Review. 71: S143–S147. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02474.x. ISSN 0033-3352. JSTOR 41317429.
- ^ Bilmes, Linda J. (2011). "Federalist Nos. 67–77 How Would Publius Envision the Civil Service Today?". Public Administration Review. 71 (s1). doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02468.x. ISSN 0033-3352.