The Same Subject Continued: The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered

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Federalist No. 27 is an essay written by Alexander Hamilton as part of The Federalist Papers. It was published on December 25, 1787, under the pseudonym Publius, which was used for all the essays. The essay focuses on the idea of limiting legislative power in matters of national defense. It is the second in a series of three essays that examine the relationship between legislative authority and military force. The previous essay in the series was Federalist No. 26, and the next was Federalist No. 28. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)