A review of the arguments of a leading Anti-Federalist.
All tagged Brutus
In Brutus XVI the Anti-Federalist author criticizes the powers of the Senate in the US Constitution.
In Brutus XV, an Anti-Federalist author mocks the Judicial System under the Constitution for taking on the wrong parts of the British Government.
In Brutus XIV (Part 2), the Anti-Federalist author continues his assessment of the issues with the Judicial Branch of the Constitution.
In Brutus XIV, an Anti-Federalist author makes arguments that would directly lead to the 6th Amendment to the Constitution.
In Brutus XIII the Anti-Federalist author discusses problems with the ability of individuals to sue States in Federal Court.
In the second part of Brutus XII, he continues a discussion on the Judicial Branch and how it will eliminate the States altogether.
In Brutus XII the anonymous Anti-Federalist author (probably Robert Yates) elaborates on his concerns regarding the Supreme Court’s allotment in the US Constitution.
In Brutus XI an Anti-Federalist author turns his attention to the Judicial System of the US Constitution.
In Brutus X an anonymous author further elaborates on his criticism of a standing army in times of peace.
In Brutus IX, an anonymous Anti-Federalist author continues his attack on the Constitution's provision for raising a standing army.
Brutus VIII is an Anti-Federalist Paper that elaborates on concerns regarding the Constitution’s ability to raise standing armies and take on a national debt.
Brutus VII is an Anti-Federalist Paper that argues for a limit on the Federal Government’s power of taxation.
Brutus VI is an Anti-Federalist Paper that goes into detail on why the Constitution’s taxing power will make the States obsolete.
In Brutus V an Anti-Federalist author attacks the Constitution’s ability to make any law deemed ‘necessary and proper’ in order to collect taxes.
In Brutus IV, an Anti-Federalist author continues his discussion on the failure of representation in the US Constitution.
Brutus III was an Anti-Federalist Paper that criticized the was representation was constructed in the US Constitution.
Brutus II was an Anti-Federalist Paper that ridiculed the Constitution for its lack of a Bill of Rights.
Brutus I was the first in an influential series of Anti-Federalist essays.