U1: Brutus 1

what did the federalists papers argue for ?

the ratification of the consistution

what did the anti-Fedralists argue for ?

aka ( brutus 1) argued against the ratification of the consistution

what can we connect brutus 1 the document with ?

a guy named brutus who assisnated juilas ceaser, who happened to lead a powerful central government

what question does Brutus 1 attempt to answer ?

whether a confederated goverment be the best for the United states for not ?

what is a confedrate government ?

the kind of governemnt the United States had under the articles of confederation (a system where independent states join together in an alliance, giving only limited power to a central authority while keeping most power for themselves.)

which side did brutus 1 support about which government should be in the United States ?

Brutus argued that a confederacy os better than the republic that the consistution would establish

what supports brutus ideas ?

The necessary and proper clause

where is the necessary and proper clause in ?

located in article 1 section 8 of the conisistuion

what does the necessary and proper clause state?

that congress can make any law which shall be “ necesseary and Proper “ to execution of its specified powers

what’s another evidence that support’s Brutus?

the supremacy clause

where is the supremacy clause located ?

in artciel 6 in the consistuion

what does the supremacy clause state?

states that federal laws have greater authority than state laws

so what is bututs’ main cosnern ?

is that by creating a central authority who can by the necessary and proper clause pass any law imaginable and by which the supremacy clause can crush any state law. that state government will shrivel up and die

what example does Brurus give on how the death of state power could happen ?

the collection of taxes : any gov that exisits can only collect a small amount of taxes otherwise the citizens will gore weary of taxation and throw the gov off

what if the final part of Brtutus’s agrument ?

It’s about the size of the nation And how by it’s Very large, republican form of government is not well suited in to be installed

Who does Brutus quote in his last part of his argument?

“It is natural to republic to have only a small territory. Otherwise, it cannot long subsist.”- Baron de Montesquieu

Why can’t a republican government Work in a big territory with a lot of people?

With a nation as large as the United States, both in territory in in people, how collected representatives possibly keep in check with everyone whom they represent: its not possible ❌