In reviewing the #51 paper one can clearly see that Madison supports the partition of powers for each governmental department and expresses a firm belief that each department should have its own will and members within each department should be independent of other departmental members. Further, Madison felt, in order to avoid potential bias, members of one department should not be responsible for the appointment of members to another government department. In addition Madison clearly stresses that in framing the government the government need to control the governed and as well as control itself. The manner in which Madison envisioned the power of each government department was in assigning a certain amount of self-defense to each

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