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2 days ago · Anti-Federalists like George Mason argued that without a bill of rights, there was no safeguard against abuse of power. They believed states were better suited to protect individual freedoms. Robert Yates, writing as Brutus, echoed these sentiments, worrying about the massive, unchecked power of a federal judiciary.
1 day ago · The pseudonymous Anti-Federalist "Brutus" (probably Robert Yates) wrote, We find they have, in the ninth section of the first article declared, that the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless in cases of rebellion—that no bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed—that no title of nobility shall be granted by the ...
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3 days ago · After the U.S. won independence from Great Britain, two political groups – the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists – struggled to divide power between the federal and state governments.
May 1, 2024 · Major anti-war Federalists included Josiah Quincy and Daniel Webster, who would become a close political ally of Clay’s a decade later. Some major Democratic-Republicans like John Randolph of Virginia also strongly opposed declaring war.
2 days ago · The Constitution, as drafted, was sharply criticized by the Anti-Federalists, a group that contended the document failed to safeguard individual liberties from the federal government. Leading Anti-Federalists included Patrick Henry and Richard Henry Lee, both from Virginia, and Samuel Adams of Massachusetts.
1 day ago · Among those opposed to ratification were many small farmers in the North. As this letter written by "A Countryman from Dutchess County [upstate New York]" indicates, Anti-Federalists were concerned about provisions for the establishment of a "standing army" and the absence of a bill of rights.
May 17, 2024 · Anti-Federalists The Anti-Federalists were the opponents of the Federalists at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. They opposed creating a strong Federal government as well as ratifying the new Constitution.
