Brutus XXIII

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Brutus XXIII is one of the later essays in the Anti-Federalist "Brutus" series, critiquing 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 republic is prone to corruption and abuse of power ⓘ
constitutional limits on federal power may be ineffective ⓘ
federal government will tend to enlarge its powers ⓘ
states may be gradually undermined by federal authority ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques centralized federal power ⓘ
proposed United States Constitution ⓘ
discusses federal judiciary ⓘ
necessary and proper clause ⓘ
scope of federal powers ⓘ
supremacy clause ⓘ
genre political theory ⓘ
hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonym) ⓘ
linked to: Brutus XIX
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasTitleNumber 23 ⓘ
historicalContext United States Constitution ratification debates ⓘ
ideologicallyOpposedTo Federalist Papers ⓘ
influenced later Anti-Federalist scholarship ⓘ
partOf Anti-Federalist Papers ⓘ
Brutus essays ⓘ
linked to: Letters of Brutus
politicalPosition Anti-Federalist ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1780s ⓘ
seriesOrder later essay in Brutus series ⓘ
subject constitutional interpretation ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
supports decentralized political authority ⓘ
strong state governments ⓘ
usedAsSourceIn studies of American constitutional history ⓘ
warnsAbout dangers of consolidated national authority ⓘ
threats to individual liberty ⓘ
threats to state sovereignty ⓘ

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