Letters of Brutus

E461872

Anti-Federalist writings pseudonymous works series of political essays

Letters of Brutus is a series of Anti-Federalist essays, written under the pseudonym "Brutus," that argued against ratification of the U.S. Constitution and warned about the dangers of a strong central government.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Brutus essays	9
Brutus essay series	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anti-Federalist writings ⓘ pseudonymous works ⓘ series of political essays ⓘ
advocatedFor	a bill of rights ⓘ retention of substantial power by the states ⓘ
arguedThat	a large republic would lead to loss of public virtue ⓘ representatives in a large republic would be too distant from the people ⓘ the necessary and proper clause would enable unlimited federal power ⓘ the proposed Constitution lacked adequate protections for individual rights ⓘ the supremacy clause would undermine state sovereignty ⓘ
author	Brutus NERFINISHED ⓘ
concernedWith	danger of standing armies ⓘ independence and scope of the federal judiciary ⓘ scale of republican government ⓘ taxation powers of the federal government ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
criticized	strong central government ⓘ
field	constitutional law ⓘ political theory ⓘ
form	newspaper essays ⓘ
genre	political essay ⓘ political pamphleteering ⓘ
hasLegacy	cited in discussions of original Anti-Federalist thought ⓘ influenced later debates about American federalism ⓘ
historicalContext	United States Constitution ratification debates NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Founding Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideologicalOppositionTo	Federalist Papers NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Anti-Federalist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
opposed	ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Anti-Federalist ⓘ
positionOnConstitution	against ratification without significant amendments ⓘ
pseudonymousAuthor	Brutus NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Cato’s Letters (Anti-Federalist) NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Farmer letters ⓘ The Federalist Papers NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1780s ⓘ
topic	United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ judicial power under the Constitution ⓘ necessary and proper clause ⓘ representation in a large republic ⓘ republican government ⓘ supremacy clause ⓘ
warnedAbout	dangers of consolidated national power ⓘ threats to individual liberty ⓘ threats to states’ rights ⓘ