Episode 16: To Save the Republic
Constitutionally Speaking
English - February 13, 2018 14:50 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 641 ratingsHistory Government national review conservative constitution congress government conservatism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay and Luke continue their discussion of the Anti-Federalists.
In this episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay and Luke continue their discussion of the Anti-Federalists. One of the chief objections of the opponents of the Constitution was that it threatened to destroy republican government. The Anti-Federalists believed that the branches of the proposed system did not rely sufficiently on the people, but instead shifted power to the wealthy. Many of them believed that this was precisely the motivation of the Framers, to undo the Revolution of 1776 and replace it with a “higher toned” form of government. This Anti-Federal anxiety informed much of their efforts against the Constitution, and as Luke points out, also helps explain their advocacy for a Bill of Rights.