Thomas Jefferson considered himself neither Federalist nor Anti-Federalist. ... Jefferson felt that because he opposed some of the Federalists ideas and many more of the Anti-federalists ideas that he could not be grouped with either party or in between the parties. ...
After the ratification of the Constitution, the anti-federalists and the federalists had not evolved into political parties and there were no clear party divisions. ... In Jefferson's letter to Washington he explained concern and fear for the Federalists "sought to use the new government as a stepping stone to monarchy" while he then "professed his alignment with the republican party, who wish to preserve the government in it's present form" (Cunningham, 2000, p. 78). ...
Because of the ingeniousness of this plan, Jefferson, a Republican, left the Hamiltonian Framework essentially intact (minus the excise tax) despite his hatred of the Federalist Hamilton. ... Further, when Washington sent an envoy to Britain to seek peace, he sent an overt Federalist and Anglophile, Chief Justice John Jay. ...
In the early 1800's, the Supreme Court decisions on the cases of McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden represented a bold abuse of the power by the Supreme Court in favor of the national government. In both of these examples, the Supreme Court wrongly interpreted the Constitution, gave too much...
This was because of the differing of opinions on the topics such as slavery and the fiscal debt, but also the constant conflict between the Republicans and the Federalists. ... This rift with Jefferson illustrates the fundamental division within Washington's Presidency: the Republicans vs. the Federalists. ...
The American Revolution marked the beginning of a new nation. The Revolution's leaders believed in a set of principles and achieving specific goals. These goals included: freeing themselves from monarchical rule and establishing a republic based on a union of thirteen states to promote liberty and e...
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 ...
