About “Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention”
Federalist No. 49 is an essay written by James Madison, part of The Federalist Papers. It was published on February 2, 1788, in The New York Packet under the pseudonym "Publius," which was used for all the Federalist Papers. The essay is titled "Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention." It addresses ways to prevent any single branch of government from overstepping its authority. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)