Madison's definition: A number of citizens, whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
When Madison talks about a faction, I think he is saying a group a people that are united and want the same purpose. There is one thing that they all have in common. As a whole the group of people are allowed to share a common interest, because of the rights that they would be granted from the Constitution. I would say that faction still exist and play a role in the government.
Questions:
1. Is a faction supposed to be a fraction of the people?
2. Does the passion or interest that they share have to be constitutional?
3. Where did the name faction come from
4. Do the citizens have to be American citizens for a certain period of time?
5. Were factions a major part of the Constitution
My Definition: A group of people united by a passion or interest against their rights, or the interest of the community.
Present Role: People in politics who are for the same thing, such as a political party.
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