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Before we start to take sides, we need to discuss the different point of views of Madison and Marshall. We have to understand that our political landscape during the birth of our nation was much different. The states, were not unified, and were made up of different and often conflicting interests. Along with factions fighting one another and making political progress impossible. As Madison, would describe faction as a number of citizens; whether it be a majority or minority whole, who were motivate by some common impulse of passion or of interest. This broad definition would include the interest groups who dominate the political landscape today.
In Madison's work of Federalist No. 10, he identifies factions were a problem. He views them as "a dangerous vice", but at the same time saw factions as a necessary evil. He mentions that "The regulation of these various and interfering interest forms the principal task of modern legislation; and involves the spirit of party and faction......

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