41, titled "General View of the Powers Conferred by the Constitution", is an essay written by James Madison as the forty-first of The Federalist Papers.

These essays were published by Alexander Hamilton, with John Jay and James Madison serving as co-authors, under the pseudonym "Publius."

In previous essays, Publius had already shown that, "extensive powers for the national government were necessary means of attaining a necessary end."

However, critics continued to argue that these extensive powers were too broad, unnecessary, and easily abused.

He states that the Constitution does not incentivize coordination between government branches or political parties and that holds down the country.

In their quest to prevent tyranny in their country, the founding fathers made it difficult for the government to work together for the good of the people.