There were two main groups of people in this debate; the Federalists and the Antifederalists. ... The Federalists were opposed this idea, believing that it would cause conflict between the states. ... The Federalists argued that a two-year term was necessary for the people to be properly represented. ... However, the Federalists did not agree to either of these terms. ... The Federalists pointed out that it would be impossible to list every right to which a person is entitled. ...

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The American government at the time was divided as we are today, but instead of having the Democratic and Republican Party they had the Federalists and Non-Federalists. Both the Federalist and Non-Federalists believed in allowing citizens to have gun, what was different about their views is the different regulations that they would like to apply on the second amendment. The Federalists believed that an army should be in control of defending the people therefore making individual ownership of guns unnecessary. The anti-Federalist believed that every individual should be allowed to carry their o...

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They would be liable for hearing issues of greatest contention between the Federalists and anti-Federalists, such as large debts over five hundred dollars. ... This shifted the balance of government power to the judiciary, upset the federalist system envisioned by the founders, and enabled federal courts consisting of unelected officials to dominate public policy through their rulings. ... Although Marbury lost his case and did not receive his commission, the Federalists won a monumental victory. ...

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Initially when the constitution was drafted, the anti federalists opposed it on the grounds that it gave too much power to the national government. ... Thus, James Madison argued in Federalist no. 10 that it would be in a large Federalist republic such as the United States, that one would find the greatest opportunity for all relevant interests to be heard. ...

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Appealing to the Supremacy Clause, the cooperative federalist would make the case the national government is supreme even when there is interference with the states. ... Dagenhart continued further with a dual federalist approach. ... The federalist system in the United States is perhaps the most genius framework ever assembled. ...

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United States Supreme Court: Fletcher v. Peck & Marbury v. Madison Throughout the history of the United States America, many court cases between citizens, state government and federal government, and businesses have been brought to the Supreme Court. These cases usually involve some aspect...

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Anti-federalists believed that the executive branch did not effectively represent the people, and that only the legislative branch did so. However, the anti-federalists were mostly the poor farmers, the illiterate, and the states' rights devotees; who were not given much representation by any means. ...

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Party competition first emerged, when James Madison and Thomas Jefferson sought to create a political opposition to Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and the Federalists. Madison who originally had been the leading federalist in the country became the leader of a more antifederalist Jeffersonian Republican party who embraced parties and factions in order to protect and preserve the future of federalism and the separation of powers. ...

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Federalists also felt that any concentration of power would work to the disadvantage of the people. ... In return for the Anti-federalists agreement to the supremacy clause, many guarantees were made to the states in the Constitution. ...

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Further conflicts over the nature of the Constitution occurred between federalists, who supported a Constitution with provisions for a strong central government, and anti-federalists, who favored supremacy of states' rights. ...

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"The Out-of-control Presidency" is an article my Michael Lind in which he makes the claim that the executive branch of the government has become too powerful. The congress, he suggests, is where the power of the federal government was designed to lie and the presidency was constructed to be little m...

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The Articles of Confederation: Once our Government, Now our History The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America. Soon after the Revolutionary War in America, the Articles of Confederation were first drafted by the continental congress in Philadelph...

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As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist #74, "The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority"6. ...

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In the history of the United States, there have only been two presidents that have ever been impeached. One of them being Andrew Johnson and the other one being William Jefferson Clinton also known as Bill Clinton. In this essay, I will write about how the whole scandal happened, the charges Clin...

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The U.S. Constitution Article Five, clause two of the United States Constitution states, "under the Authority of the United States, [the Constitution] shall be the supreme law of the land." As a result of the fact that the current activist government is pursuing inconsistent policies, many believe the Constitution has become irrelevant because no guiding principles seem to exist. Thomas Jefferson once said, "The Constitution belongs to the living and not to the dead." Accordingly, it is often referred to as a "living" document because of its regular alteration and ...

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The United States government was founded with the negative goal of preventing tyranny. Its framers were interested in rights of the people only as an afterthought; their logic was clear. If tyranny can be prevented, then freedom will be maximized to the limits that society itself imposes. Thus the theme of prevention of tyranny is the most significant theme presented by a study of the government. It is through this thematic lens that this essay will examine the following questions. ...

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