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Following the War for Independence, and during the debates over ratification of the Constitution, the issue of a permanent standing army was a source of enormous friction between Federalists and…
Up until this point in the story, there wasn’t a single piece of direct, or even indirect evidence, of a concerted effort to protect the right to keep and bear…
The primary challenge for Bogus’ thesis is that there were no direct statements made during the convention by any antifederalist specifically connecting “the right of people to keep and bear…
There are an incredible number of glaring problems with this thesis. The post Refuting the Claim that the Second Amendment was Intended to Protect Slavery first appeared on Tenth Amendment…
Although many of the concerns he expressed didn’t manifest immediately, many eventually came to pass. The post Federal Farmer: An “Unnecessary Departure” From Federalism first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Ultimately, the Federal Farmer believed that if the Constitution were ratified as written, the states would lose their ability to keep the central government in check The post Federal Farmer:…
A major contention among anti-federalists and other skeptics of the proposed Constitution revolved around the limits on federal power. The post Federal Farmer Makes his Case for the Tenth Amendment…
While the Federal Farmer supported the idea of a federal court, he was wary, believing it was the branch that had the greatest potential to destroy freedom. The post Federal…
The Federal Farmer believed it was important to get the right people in office, yet he warned that a lack of more stringent requirements for officeholders would have negative consequences.…
In his fourteen letter dated Jan. 17, 1788, he further expounded on his view that it was too much authority to bequeath to a single section of the federal government.…
Given the power various officers in the federal government would wield, the Federal Farmer believed that there needed to be a better mechanism to appoint them and remove them from…
While the anti-federalist Federal Farmer was critical of the proposed House of Representatives for lacking too few members, he was even more harsh toward the proposed Senate. The post Federal…
Late last month, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) sent out an open letter to all federally-licensed firearms dealers warning them of a new rule in effect…
In his ninth letter dated January 3, 1788, he expanded on his concerns about representation and took up the argument made by some that the system would work if the…
In his seventh letter dated Dec. 31, 1787, the Federal Farmer argues that this constituted too few representatives to accurately reflect the will of different classes of people who made…
The irony is that anti-federalists got their way even when the Constitution was ratified without first adding amendments. But those amendments were still insufficient - on their own - to…
Federal Farmer wrote skeptically of the proposed new federal government for fear it would bring about a “tendency toward aristocracy,” similar to those which could be found in European nations.…
Patrick Henry’s impassioned remarks during the final days of the Virginia Ratifying Convention were the culmination of week-long arguments between skeptics of the proposed Constitution and its supporters, such as…
During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, one of the most influential and important series of papers were written by the Federal Farmer, an anti-federalist who forcefully warned that…
Political factions shift the focus of a governing body from its actual duties to fulfilling the will of the party. It turns potential allies into foes and enemies, and makes…