Brutus 1
This clause, found in the proposed Constitution, would give the federal government extensive, potentially uncontrollable power, a major concern for Brutus
what is the necessary and proper clause
Madison's argument in Federalist 51 advocates that each branch of government should have the ability and motivation to protect its own power from the others, a system known by this term.
What is checks and balances
A group of citizens, whether a majority or minority, United by a common interest or passion that is adverse to the rights of other citizens or the community's overall welfare
What is a faction
This compromise combined parts of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to create a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise)
The idea that the government cannot act without the consent of the people, as outlined by the Social Contract Theory, exemplifies this principle.
What is limited government
Brutus warned that this clause would make the federal government's taxing power absolute and uncontrollable, related to all other government powers.
What is the supremacy clause
In a republican form of government, Madison identifies this branch as the most powerful and thus the one needing division.
What is the legislative branch
Madison believes this is the best form of government
What is a large federal republic
This compromise resolved the conflict over how to count enslaved people for representation and taxation.
What is 3/5th's compromise?
This principle divides the government's responsibilities into the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
What is Seperation of Powers
Brutus raised strong concerns about the Constitution's lack of a specific document to protect individual liberties, an argument that helped lead to the creation of this.
What is the bill of rights
This is the name for the division of power between the national government and the state governments.
What is federalism
Madison is targeting this state
What is The State of New York
the process through which the United States elects its president and vice president
What is the electoral college
What document famously states that the people are the source of government's power and that "We the People" establish the government?
What is the U.S constitution
Brutus feared that in a large republic, representatives would be so numerous they'd become detached from the people, leading to this undesirable outcome.
What is abuse of power?
Madison sees this as the primary cause of conflict and injustice within a society.
What are factions
Madison thought a society with a small amount of citizens, who make and control the government in person was this
What is a 'pure democracy'
the plan that has a 3 branch government that reflects state populations
What is the Virginia Plan
In a system of popular sovereignty, the government's power flows from this source.
What is consent of the governed
Brutus's argument that a free republic could not exist over a large territory was heavily influenced by the political philosophy of this French writer.
Who was Montesquieu
Madison calls the combination of a federal system and internal checks and balances a "double security" for this.
What is the rights of the people
Madison believes these reasons are why factions present danger to the rights of other citizens
What is citizens having their own interests and passions
this gave Congress the power to regulate trade between states and set tariffs on imports
What is the Commerce Clause
This principle, often confused with popular sovereignty, is the representative form of government in the U.S. where citizens elect leaders to make decisions on their behalf
What is republicanism