Is the President a King in Disguise? The Anti-Federalist Argument

During the debates over the ratification of the Constitution, Antifederalists repeatedly warned that the President would become like a king – and the worst kind of a king – an elected one.

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The Executive Branch–The Federalist/Antifederalist Debates

George Mason – Plan for the Virginia Constitution (8-10 June 1776)

SINGLE EXECUTIVE

Virginia Constitution (29 June 1776)

Pennsylvania Constitution (28 Sept 1776)

Madison’s Notes – Philadelphia Convention (4 June 1787)

George Mason’s Objections to the Constitution (22 Nov 1787)

BLENDED WITH OTHER BRANCHES

Montesquieu – The Spirit of the Laws (1748)

Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the New Constitution (1788)

Dissent of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention (18 Dec 1787)

Centinel II (24 Oct 1787)

Impartial Examiner IV (11 June 1788)

LOADS OF POWER

Cato IV (8 Nov 1787)

Brutus I (18 Oct 1787)

An Old Whig V (1 Nov 1787)

MONARCH

Luther Martin – Genuine Information IX (29 Jan 1788)

Philadelphiensis IX (6 Feb 1788)

Philadelphiensis X (20 Feb 1788)

Tamony – Virginia Independent Chronicle (9 Jan 1788)

PATRICK HENRY

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (12 June 1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (13 June 1788)

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