Federal Farmer: Appointment Power Should Be Divided
In an earlier essay, the Federal Farmer argued that appointed officers would have too much power in the constitutional system and that there should be provisions made to reduce it. In his fourteen letter dated Jan. 17, 1788, he further expounded on his view that it...
Federal Farmer: Politicians and Bureaucrats must be “Recallable”
Given the power various officers in the federal government would wield, the Federal Farmer believed that there needed to be a better mechanism to appoint them and remove them from power when necessary. The Constitution delegated the power to appoint various officers...
Federal Farmer: Representation Isn’t Sufficient
When it was ratified, the U.S. Constitution set a cap on the number of representatives at no more than one per 30,000 persons. In his seventh letter dated Dec. 31, 1787, the Federal Farmer argues that this constituted too few representatives to accurately reflect the...