I just wanted to tell you I was talking to my sister and she asked you know hey what

episode are you working on I was like I'm kind of working on this one about Federalist

10 you know you know what that is and she was like I imagine it continues the thoughts espoused in Federalist Nine.

I mean that's not the worst guess everyone in New York was like man I thought nine was going to be the last one how many more of these they're going to do

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You're listening to Civics 101. I'm N capa Dije. I'm Hannah McCarthy. And today, yes, we are talking

about Federalist 10. The essay that is considered by many, all to be the most significant of the

Federalist Papers. Okay so we've done an episode on the Federalist Papers and

the Anti Federalist Papers there's a link in the show notes for anyone who's curious.

Can we just do a super quick summary of what these are?

Absolutely.

The Federalist papers were written to defend the ratification of the Constitution.

The Constitution is proposed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, and then it comes time

for the people to decide whether or not to ratify it.

They were essays, newspaper pieces written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay,

and their purpose was to convince New York electors, New York delegates and sort of the New York

reading public more broadly, to vote for pro-constitution delegates to the New York ratification

convention. I'm Jeffrey Rosen and I'm the president. Delegates to the New York Ratification Convention.

I'm Jeffrey Rosen and I'm the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center.

I'm Allison LaCroy and I'm a professor of law at the University of Chicago.

The Constitution was proposed.

It required nine of the 13 states to ratify it for it to become the law of the land, and New York.

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