ACC Power Separation and The Proposed Constitution Discussions – Description
(a) Why, in Federalist 47, does Madison maintain the separation of powers is necessary for preventing tyranny?
1. Your own post should not be one long paragraph. Break it into multiple paragraphs. Each paragraph should make one main point.
2. You must have at least 2 short, salient quotations from the assigned texts. But avoid over-quoting too. For the purposes of discussion, you answer should not be taken up by more than 20% quotation.
3. You must provide parenthetical references for every direct quotations and for any specific passages to which you refer.
4. Citations should from the text of the assigned reading. Do not cite, draw on (with or without citation), or otherwise utilize general internet sources like Wikipedia, History.com, SparkNotes, which are not academic or scholarly sources. For Discussions, especially, stick utilizing, referencing, and citing the assigned readings.
5. Avoid opining or speculating. Stick to answering the prompt directly and answering it from the text.
6. Avoid generalizing. Avoid broad statements. Make your points as specific and as precise as possible–especially when putting a point from the text in your own words. When putting points in the text in your own words, don’t strengthen or weaken the point in the text. Don’t broaden points made in the text.
Link to reading for first discussion below
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed47.asp
The Secound Discussion:
(a) In his first essay, Brutus argues that the proposed Constitution will result in what he calls a complete consolidation of government powers in the hands of the national government–rather than a partial consolidation in which the general/national government has some but not all lawmaking authority (i.e., rather than the sort of federal regime described by Madison, who claimed the proposed Constitution divided lawmaking authority between the national government and the states). What is his argument in Brutus I for why this will happen?
1. Your own post should not be one long paragraph. Break it into multiple paragraphs. Each paragraph should make one main point.
2. You must have at least 2 short, salient quotations from the assigned texts. But avoid over-quoting too. For the purposes of discussion, you answer should not be taken up by more than 20% quotation.
3. You must provide parenthetical references for every direct quotations and for any specific passages to which you refer.
4. Citations should from the text of the assigned reading. Do not cite, draw on (with or without citation), or otherwise utilize general internet sources like Wikipedia, History.com, SparkNotes, which are not academic or scholarly sources. For Discussions, especially, stick utilizing, referencing, and citing the assigned readings.
5. Avoid opining or speculating. Stick to answering the prompt directly and answering it from the text.
6. Avoid generalizing. Avoid broad statements. Make your points as specific and as precise as possible–especially when putting a point from the text in your own words. When putting points in the text in your own words, don’t strengthen or weaken the point in the text. Don’t broaden points made in the text.
Link to the reading for second Disscussion Below
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/brutu…
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