Federalist 51 By James Madison James Madison wrote Federalist 51 because he wanted to make sure that the government of the United Stated has some kind of checks and balances for all branches. He wants to make sure that all the different departments have another department the checks them. If this was not in place today then our government could have many problems in their department by just making mistakes. Madison’s words “Ambition must be made …showed first 75 words of 341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 341 total…if there is a law or an idea, it has to go through the congress, representatives, and the president who mostly makes the final decision. And if president does not like it he can veto it or the congress can take it out by number of votes. Our government and our people are fortunate because we don’t have only one person making all of our decision for us but allow the people to represent.