Welcome back to the rights and liberties podcast, where we are discussing the federalist papers. Today we will discuss federalist 74. We typically analyze these essays in terms of three big ideas – here are three big ideas concerning federalist 74.

Big idea one – in Federalist 74, , Hamilton described the President’s role as commander in chief in the context of the President's executive authority.

Big idea two – In Federalist 74, Hamilton justified the President’s power to pardon with respect to the need to mitigate the severity of justice

Big idea three – In Federalist 74, Hamilton also justified the President's pardon power in terms of the need to address and reduce the dangers of sedition and treason