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Factions inevitable

Cure factions= eliminate freedom (no) or representative democracy- well controls factions

pure democracy- cannot control factions

pluralist theory- all these groups compete in a republic so you get compromise

Federalism- if representative focused on national issues- don't worry because you have a state government- controls factions (power splintered so one group can't control multiple states)

Fact10ns

Fed 51

Checks and balances, separation of powers. "If all men were angels..."

Supremacy Clause

Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.

Brutus 1

- Argument against the Constitution

- Examples of History

- The U.S. is too big

- Too many different interests

- Government will be too far away

- Government is too powerful

- Supremacy/Necessary and Proper Clause

Article 1 of the Constitution

Make up of the senate and congress

Article 2 of the Constitution

Section of the Constitution laying out powers and responsibilities of the Executive Branch

Article 3 of the Constitution

Section of the Constitution laying out powers and responsibilities of the Judicial Branch

Article 4 of the Constitution

Outlines the rights and expectations for all states and citizens including the adding of new states

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state

priveleges and immunities clause

Part of Article IV of the Constitution that guaranteeing that the citizens of each are afforded the same rights as citizens of all other states.

invisible hand

A phrase coined by Adam Smith to describe the process that turns self-directed gain into social and economic benefits for all

Division of Labor

the assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency.

free markets

prices, wages, and production should be set by competition, not government decree

Laissez-faire

Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.

competition

rival among producers keeps prices fair and quality high

Federalist 39

written by madison, argued that the new constitution was both federal (confederal) and national. certain bodies are federal (senate), certain are national (house), and certain are both (election of the president), so the constitution is neither confederal nor national in its entirety

Wealth of Nations

This is the 18th century book written by Scottish economist Adam Smith in which he spells out the first modern account of free market economies.