“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
In his 4th essay, Antifederalist Brutus made the case that the federal House of Representatives could never be truly representative – because there are far too few members. He predicted this would lead to corruption and bribery. And rather than resulting in a...
In his 3rd essay, Antifederalist Brutus made the case that ratification should be rejected because representation in Congress was far from sufficient to guard against bribery and corruption. He predicted it would lead to a “government in the hands of the few to...
With a natural rights foundation – along with warnings about consolidation and people with power – in his 2nd of 16 essays during the debates over ratification of the Constitution, Antifederalist Brutus made a powerful case for decentralization and a Bill...
Whether they supported or opposed the Constitution – virtually everyone at the time of ratification was in agreement on at least one major thing – the threat to liberty from consolidation. Brutus, one of the leading anti-federalist writers –...