The Federalist #51

               “In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which to a certain extent is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others. Were this principle rigorously adhered to, it would require that all the appointments for the supreme executive, legislative, and judiciary magistracies should be drawn from the same fountain of authority, the people, through channels having no communication whatever with one another. Perhaps such a plan of constructing the several departments would be less difficult in practice than it may in contemplation appear. Some difficulties, however, and some additional expense would attend the execution of it. Some deviations, therefore, from the principle must be admitted. In the constitution of the judiciary department in particular, it might be inexpedient to insist rigorously on the principle: first, because peculiar qualifications being essential in the members, the primary consideration ought to be to select that mode of choice which best secures these qualifications; secondly, because the permanent tenure by which the appointments are held in that department, must soon destroy all sense of dependence on the authority conferring them.”By James Madison

             They are many ways in which the government can be split/run. In James Madison’s “The Federalist No. 51” he give us a “general observation” on ways the government runs. In the passage above James Madison states that for us to have a basis of government and to  see the differences in each parts in “it is evident that each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others”. He wants the different departments and that each division should have little to no hand in the appointment of each members. The people would have a hand in saying who is to rule. James Madison states ”Some difficulties, however, and some additional expense would attend the execution of it.” He believes this will have some problem areas in they way in which things will be done, this will also cause problems in the way they Constitution will be interpreted. Many other problems will be in determining the “qualifications” of said individuals to be put in which every divisions, who authority must and should be followed in order to have a smoothly run government. One main concern would also be what “mode of choice” is best to determine the qualifications of the person to be in charge. 

         From James Madison’s  “The Federalist No.51 I choose the passage because I feel that in a way that is how the government is being run currently. Every branch is a separate entity unto itself. They are not working together for the greater good of the people anymore. An example of this is going on today which “Obama care”. Instead of everyone  sitting down and work together to make this happen for the American people they are many disagreement going on in the government regarding this issue. The branches of the government looks to be set again each other, some within the same branch.