Brutus IX

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Brutus IX is one of the later essays in the Anti-Federalist "Brutus" series, continuing the critique of the proposed U.S. Constitution’s structure and its potential threat to individual liberties and state sovereignty.

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Brutus IX canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anti-Federalist paper ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
aimsTo persuade citizens and state ratifying conventions to reject or amend the Constitution ⓘ
argues a powerful federal judiciary would be difficult to control ⓘ
federal courts could interpret the Constitution to expand national power ⓘ
state laws and constitutions could be undermined by federal authority ⓘ
the proposed system endangers republican liberty ⓘ
concerns erosion of local self-government ⓘ
lack of effective checks on the federal judiciary ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques potential consolidation of power in the national government ⓘ
scope of federal judicial power ⓘ
structure of the proposed U.S. Constitution ⓘ
discusses interpretive power of the Supreme Court ⓘ
judicial tenure during good behavior ⓘ
supremacy of federal law ⓘ
hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPerspective Anti-Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Federalists
hasPoliticalPosition opposition to ratification of the Constitution without significant amendments ⓘ
hasSubject constitutional interpretation ⓘ
federal judiciary ⓘ
federal power ⓘ
individual liberties ⓘ
proposed United States Constitution ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
state sovereignty ⓘ
historicalContext United States Constitutional Convention and ratification debates ⓘ
influenced later Anti-Federalist and states’ rights arguments ⓘ
isLaterThan Brutus I ⓘ
Brutus II ⓘ
Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus IV ⓘ
Brutus V ⓘ
Brutus VI ⓘ
Brutus VII ⓘ
Brutus VIII ⓘ
partOf Anti-Federalist Papers ⓘ
Brutus essays ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1787–1788 ⓘ
relatedTo Federalist Papers ⓘ
debates over ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
warnsAbout broad constitutional construction by federal courts ⓘ
judicial overreach ⓘ
threats to individual liberties ⓘ
threats to state sovereignty ⓘ

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Brutus → notableWork → Brutus IX ⓘ
Brutus X → relatedWork → Brutus IX ⓘ
Brutus VIII → relatedTo → Brutus IX ⓘ