Jefferson & Hamilton: Policymaking
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Explain the key elements of the debates between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson regarding policymaking.
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In policy-making philosophy, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were antipodal. Jefferson's approach--exemplified by the tenets of the Democratic-Republican party of that era--was to adhere to a strict, almost literal interpretation of the Constitution, and keep tight constraints on federal authority. Hamilton--whose beliefs were the core of the Federalist party--felt that governmental power was both explicit and implicit in the ...
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