Note 8 — ARTICLE II
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Works of Alexander Hamilton, VII, 76, 80-81 (J.C. Hamilton, ed., New York, 1851). Hamilton was here simply interpreting the executive power clause in light of the views of Blackstone, Locke, and Montesquieu as to the location of power in the conduct of foreign relations. See Edward S. Corwin, The President, Office and Powers (3d ed.), 459-460. For a parallel argument to Hamilton's respecting "the judicial power of the United States," article 1, section 1, clause 1, see Justice Brewer's opinion in Kansas v. Colorado, 206 U.S. 46, 82 (1907).