The Anti-Federalist Papers

By: Patrick Henry

Narrated by: John Clicman

The Anti-Federalist Papers is the collective name given to works written by the Founding Fathers who were opposed to or concerned with the merits of the United States Constitution of 1787.

Starting on 25 September 1787 (8 days after the final draft of the US Constitution) and running through the early 1790s, these anti-Federalists published a series of essays arguing against a stronger and more energetic union as embodied in the new Constitution. Although less influential than their counterparts, The Federalist Papers, these works nonetheless played an important role in shaping the early American political landscape and in the passage of the US Bill of Rights.

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repetitive

overall the book informed the reason we have a federal government, and why states shouldn't govern themselves.. if the states govenors knew how to run a state and whats involved they would be happy its the way it is.. becuase they would be at war with there neighbors all the time and California it self would have internal wars from sandiego to San Francisco over land , water, and general laws that govern the people...

We failed, they were all right. . . . . . . . . .

The American Aristocracy has grown into a Corrupted Global Government, the Anti-Federalists tried to prevent that.

brilliant minds

this should be required subject matter for every school age person in the US. far too often people assume that the folks that lived a few hundred years ago have no mental capacity to foresee the problems that would arise from changes in the original governmental system under the original Constitution. clearly they did

Not All Americans Agreed with the Founding Fathers

Another topic from our history that is not taught in school, not every American agreed with the “Founding Fathers” as they drafted the Constitution or with the creation of the Bill of Rights. The Anit-Federalist papers bring to light many points that challenged the direction taken at the Constitutional Convention in the drafting of the Constitution and the subsequent Bill of Rights and Amendments that came. The challenges were not a call to arms to rebuff the passages being drafted but to offer other views and concerns of the citizens.
I create a number of notable clips while listening such as chapter 9 which to me closely resembles the troubles of our current government today. In that we have willingly continued to elect the same congress persons and state representatives to the effect of making their position perpetual. In doing so, the author of this Anti-Federalist paper advocated for life long government positions as it would result in creating a homogeneous representation of the party not of the people. Even in 1787 this writer acknowledged the fallacy of our Constitution that separates the powers of impeachment by the house and the trial by the senate. The author writes this plebian house will have little power of who it accuses if the accused is tried by his friends.
The same author goes on to relate that the election cycle we have today maintains two thirds of the body following an election and those in power would bring over the new members to the good old way if the old did not return.

Never taught this in school, great!

We were never taught anything about the ani-federalists. If we had been taught been taught this, we would have hung every politician long ago. At this time everything in this great book has come to pass, and our overlords are poisoning our population. They are invading our country with terrorists. Get ready, cause it’s gonna get a lot worse, unimaginably worse. In my opinion.