greykit.essays — #federalism
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1798-12-24
[american-founding]
The Virginia Resolutions of 1798
Madison's companion to the Kentucky Resolutions — the states may "interpose" against unconstitutional federal acts like the Alien and Sedition laws.
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1798-11-10
[american-founding]
The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
Jefferson's anonymous protest against the Alien and Sedition Acts, arguing the states may judge federal overreach — the compact theory of the Union.
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1795-02-07
[american-founding]
Amendments XI–XXVII to the Constitution
The seventeen amendments after the Bill of Rights — from the Eleventh (1795) through the Twenty-seventh (1992).
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1791-02-23
[american-founding]
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
Hamilton's defense of implied powers and a loose reading of the Constitution — the founding argument for broad federal authority.
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1791-02-15
[american-founding]
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
Jefferson's strict-construction reply — the enumerated powers bind Congress, and a bank is nowhere among them.
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1787-10-27
[american-founding]
The Federalist Papers
The eighty-five essays by "Publius" arguing for ratification of the United States Constitution.
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1787-10-18
[american-founding]
The Anti-Federalist Papers: Brutus
The most formidable Anti-Federalist series — the direct answer to the Federalist, arguing a republic cannot be extended over so vast a territory and warning that the federal judiciary would swallow the states.
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1787-09-17
[american-founding]
The Constitution of the United States
The original 1787 Constitution establishing the federal government of the United States.
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1777-11-15
[american-founding]
The Articles of Confederation
The first federal constitution of the United States — a league of sovereign states whose weaknesses prompted the Convention of 1787.