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 of America
surface form: United States
critiques centralized federal power
proposed United States Constitution
discusses federal judiciary
necessary and proper clause NERFINISHED
scope of federal powers
supremacy clause
genre political theory
hasAuthor Brutus (pseudonym) NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English
hasTitleNumber 23
historicalContext United States Constitution ratification debates NERFINISHED
ideologicallyOpposedTo Federalist Papers NERFINISHED
influenced later Anti-Federalist scholarship
partOf Anti-Federalist Papers NERFINISHED
Brutus essays NERFINISHED
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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