AP Gov Fed 51

Fed 51: One of the most important papers written by James Madison

Ambition must be used to check ambition

government officials keep each other in check

Crab Bucket theory: if there is only one crab, it can climb out easily, but if there are multiple, they climb over each other, and none of them get out

Stated that it would be a separation of powers

It shows that conflict between the branches isn’t bad; it just keeps them all in check.