Question

Consider the Anti-Federalist stance in Brutus I about the size of the population in relation to the federal government. Remember that this treatise was composed when the U.S population was much smaller than it is today.

A. In one paragraph, describe what the Anti-Federalists would think about the size of federal government and the U.S. population today.

B. In a second paragraph, describe how court cases and public policy since the ratification of the Constitution have addressed the issues and arguments presented by the Anti-Federalists.

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Answer 1

A. The anti Federalists like Brutus would believe that the United States is too large to be a free country today.

This is because Brutus had believed that the growth of the territory may cause it to trample on the freedom of citizens and become tyrannical.

He used the Romans and the Greeks to buttress his statement by saying that these territories became tyrannical as they grew in size.

The United States today is very large and has 50 states. The Anti-Federalists would regard it as too large for it to be a free republic.

B. The issues that the Anti Federalists presented have been addressed in the constitution and upheld by the courts. For instance the courts continuously uphold the first amendment that establishes the rights of the citizens of the US.

Also the bill of rights have ensured that the federal government does not have a total control over the entire states and the entire people of the states to avoid a tyrannical central government.

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