Session 7 of our PLU short course on The Federalist met on Saturday this week, and took up Hamilton\u2019s defense of the presidency from the anti-Federalist critics starting with Federalist 70, the paper where he discusses the famous phrase \u201cenergy in the executive.\u201d Included in the usual inventory of Hamiltonian paeans to the executive is a look at his often overlooked views on the proper... Source