Brutus XXVII

E438717

Brutus XXVII 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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Brutus XXVII canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anti-Federalist paper ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
aimsTo persuade citizens to oppose ratification of the Constitution without major amendments ⓘ
argues federal government will tend to expand its powers ⓘ
large republic is incompatible with preserving liberty ⓘ
vague constitutional clauses enable power consolidation ⓘ
associatedWithEvent ratification debate over the United States Constitution ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Anti-Federalism ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Federalists
authorPseudonymOf unknown author ⓘ
concerns long-term centralization trends in federal institutions ⓘ
potential judicial overreach under the Constitution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques proposed United States Constitution ⓘ
discusses distribution of powers between federal and state governments ⓘ
interpretation of constitutional powers ⓘ
structure of the proposed federal government ⓘ
genre constitutional criticism ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasAuthor Brutus ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPerspective skeptical of centralized authority ⓘ
hasPoliticalPosition Anti-Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Federalists
hasPublicationPeriod late 1780s ⓘ
hasSubject constitutional design ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
liberty and power balance ⓘ
historicalContext post-American Revolution constitutional framing period ⓘ
influencedDebateOn ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
opposes broad implied powers of the federal government ⓘ
consolidated national sovereignty ⓘ
partOf Anti-Federalist Papers ⓘ
Brutus essays ⓘ
linked to: Letters of Brutus
politicalIdeology republicanism ⓘ
states’ rights ⓘ
relatedTo Brutus I ⓘ
Brutus II ⓘ
Brutus III ⓘ
Brutus IV ⓘ
Brutus V ⓘ
Federalist Papers ⓘ
supports decentralized political authority ⓘ
strong state governments ⓘ
warnsAbout dangers of centralized federal power ⓘ
erosion of state sovereignty ⓘ
potential consolidation of power in the national government ⓘ
threats to individual liberty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.