Compare And Contrast Federalist And Anti Federalists

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists The American Constitution we have today came out of a long political battle between the two opposing sides: the federalists and anti-federalist. After a long political battle, a compromise was eventually came to between the two sides creating the current United States Constitution. Both sides had well-reasoned arguments on whether the constitution should be approved or not. The United States Constitution was drafted at the Philadelphia conference. Like any other thing in politics, there were the people who supported the constitution and those who didn’t. In this case, the Federalists supported while the Anti-Federalist opposed. Eventually, the federalist came out on top, and the United States Constitution became …show more content…
They felt that the central government was too far and could not fight for the rights of the citizens. The Anti-Federalists were worried about the formation of an unjust and authoritarian government if too much power was made for the central government. The elastic clause of the United States Constitution states that the Congress should have the powers to make and amend laws which are necessary for the exercise of power. The Anti-Federalist feared that the Congress would abuse the clause to make laws that would interfere with individual rights and freedoms. Another major concern the Anti-Federalist had was the lack of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution. They argued that the Bill of Rights would protect the basic freedoms of the citizens like the freedom of speech and association. In a bid, to gain the support of the anti-federalists, the supporting side promised to include a Bill of Rights in the Constitution, just not at the moment. The Bill of Rights was eventually included in 1791. There was also a general feeling among Anti-Federalists that the Constitution gave so much power and authority to federal courts at the expense of the lower courts in the