POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anti-Federalism, Federalist No. 10, Advanced Land Observation Satellite

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 207
• Professor: Teodoro Manuel

Document Summary

Go to ecampus then information and attendance certification. Federalist papers argued to form stronger national government. Maddison was interested in the tyranny of the majority aka mob rule. Feared that mob rule could be caused by state rule. Maddison feared tyranny of majority of poor against the rich minority. Maddison: 2 ways to get rid of factional politics. It is harder to oppress a minority you would have to put together many different factions or collection or group of a lot of minorities to become the majority. States could more easily oppress the minority (wealthy) National politics will men of better character than that of local and state. Men of good character will win high office because it is big. Constitution is designed to stop the federal government from affecting the local government. Constitution of the us was not approved by voters but rather state legislators. Antifederalist wanted federalism, strong indeipendent states and a weak national government.