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Federalist No. 32
Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 32
Author Alexander Hamilton
Original titleThe Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series The Federalist
Publisher The Independent Journal
Publication date
January 2, 1788
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded by Federalist No. 31 
Followed by Federalist No. 33 

Federalist No. 32 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the thirty-second of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in The Independent Journal on January 2, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. This is the third of seven essays by Hamilton on the issue of taxation. It is titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation".

The Federalist Papers, as a foundation text of constitutional interpretation, are frequently cited by American jurists. Of all the essays, No. 32 is the fifth-most frequently cited. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ Ira C. Lupu, "The Most-Cited Federalist Papers." 15 Constitutional Commentary 403-410 (1998)

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