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IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS HOW THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMERS CREATED A SYSTEM WITHOUT PRECEDENT - AND SET THIS SYSTEM UP UNDER A UNIQUE SYSTEM OF SEPARATION OF POWERS AND CHECKS AND BALANCES WHICH AIMED TO PREVENT ANY ONE BRANCH FROM EXERCISING TYRANNICAL POWERS WHILE GUARANTEEING THE MAINTENANCE OF A TRULY REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THE AUTHOR BELIEVES IT MOST FORTUNATE THAT WASHINGTON PRESIDED IN THE LAUNCHING OF THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION. AIDED PARTICULARLY BY HAMILTON, HE PROVIDED MUCH OF THE PRECEDENCE OF THE MODERN PRESIDENCY, INCLUDING DOMINANCE IN THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE US PRESIDENCY UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND THE CONCEPTION OF THE PRESIDENCY AT THE 1787 CONVENTION.

The issue over the original locus of sovereignty in Revolutionary America has been recently criticized as "a continuing fruitless debate from the nineteenth century to the present over the priority of the union or the states." Most of those opposing the view that sovereignty originated with the nation and not the states based their theory on the Articles of Confederation, notably Article II, and the relatively brief debates on its preliminary and final drafts. They ignored the fact that the Articles did not go into effect until March 1, 1781, almost seven years after the initial Congress had begun to take united action on behalf of the American people.