Supreme Court and the Constitution

Federalists and Anti-Federalists : The Debates

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Federalists and Anti-Federalists : The Debates

The anti-federalists generally opposed certain provisions in the proposed Constitution that will replace the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union back when

America was yet to establish itself as a country with established laws recognized by other sovereign nations . The anti-federalists saw two principal objections against the Constitution the Constitution gave the national government an overwhelming degree of power and , as a result , the rights of citizens might be overridden by the power of Congress especially in terms of legislating laws that can sacrifice the welfare of the people . The substance of the opposition of the anti-federalists is the fear that the Constitution gives the national government too much power at the expense of the people

James Madison is one of those who supported the proposed Constitution and understood the necessity to create a national government that would officially make America a country that has a central authority that governs . Apparently , Madison and his colleagues thought that it was better to have a national government as embodied by the Constitution instead of . They argued that a lack of a core government aside from the...