Brutus XXII

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Brutus XXII is one of the later essays in the Anti-Federalist "Brutus" series, critiquing aspects of the proposed U.S. Constitution and warning about the dangers of centralized federal power.

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instanceOf 18th-century work ⓘ
Anti-Federalist essay ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
argues a large consolidated republic endangers liberty ⓘ
constitutional limits may be interpreted broadly by federal authorities ⓘ
power tends to accumulate in a central government without strong checks ⓘ
state governments would be gradually weakened under the proposed Constitution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques proposed U.S. Constitution ⓘ
critiquesAspectOf necessary and proper clause ⓘ
scope of federal judicial power ⓘ
scope of federal legislative power ⓘ
supremacy of federal laws over state laws ⓘ
taxing powers of the federal government ⓘ
genre constitutional criticism ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPoliticalPosition Anti-Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Federalists
hasSubject U.S. Constitution ⓘ
centralized federal power ⓘ
checks and balances ⓘ
federalism in the United States ⓘ
republican government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Founding era ⓘ
influenced later Anti-Federalist thought ⓘ
opposesPositionOf Federalists ⓘ
partOf Anti-Federalist Papers ⓘ
Brutus essays ⓘ
publicationContext debate over ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
relatedWork Brutus I ⓘ
Brutus II ⓘ
Brutus XV ⓘ
The Federalist Papers ⓘ
studiedIn American constitutional history ⓘ
courses on American political thought ⓘ
supports a more confederated system ⓘ
strong state governments ⓘ
warnsAbout abuse of power by federal officials ⓘ
dangers of centralized federal power ⓘ
insufficient structural restraints on federal authority ⓘ
potential consolidation of the states into a single government ⓘ
threats to individual liberty ⓘ
threats to state sovereignty ⓘ

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