The Federalist Papers: Interpreting The US Constitution

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The Federalist Papers were a series of Essays that were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They were initially written to encourage the states to approve the new Constitution. These essays were essential the story behind the U.S. Constitution and in comparison, to today, they would have been the speeches that would be broadcast on the television and the letters on social media sites. I believe that they are very important today to understand and interpret the U.S. Constitution. It is a true gift to have such documents available several hundred years later, to be able to determine what the authors original intentions were when creating the laws for the new Country. There will always be debates and different interpretations,