Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 42 is an essay by James Madison, and the forty-second of "The Federalist Papers". It was published on January 22, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all "The Federalist" papers were published. Federalist No. 42 continues a theme that was started in Federalist No. 41, and is titled "The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered".