Madison and Hamilton recommended legislators should be able to temporarily oppose unwise public desires because they wanted to
a. give government officials more time to enact laws contrary to the public good.
b. make government as unwieldy as possible to discourage common people from participating.
c. increase the time needed to pass legislation in an attempt to have fewer laws.
d. give the people time to deliberate more fully and refine their views of the public interest.
e. create a government more like an oligarchy than a democracy.
ANS: D
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