Consolidation: George Mason’s Core Anti-Federalist Warning
โA monarchy, or a corrupt tyrannical aristocracy.โ That, George Mason warned, is what the Constitution would produce. His objections to ratification became the foundation for some of the most influential Anti-Federalist arguments. Born December 11, 1725, Mason was one...
Were the Anti-Federalists Right?
โA monarchy, or a corrupt, tyrannical aristocracyโ That’s what George Mason predicted we’d get under the constitution. And he was far from alone. The Anti-Federalists repeatedly warned that the constitution wouldnโt actually create a federal union....
The States and the Presidency
“It is (my) intention to … demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people. All of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the States;...