Welcome back to the rights and liberties podcast, where we are discussing the federalist papers. Today we will talk about federalist 72. We typically begin these podcasts with three big ideas concerning the essay under consideration – here are three big ideas concerning federalist 72.

Big idea one: Hamilton in Federalist 72 reminded his readers of the importance of stability in administration, and offered reasons to be concerned about changes in administration

Big idea two: Hamilton in Federalist 72 defended the utility and benefit of the President being eligible for reelection, rather than being barred from reelection

Big idea three: Hamilton pointed to the importance of experience in office as part of his defense of the eligibility of the President for reelection to office