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1.3 Government Power and Individual Rights

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Question 1

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A constitutional designer expects Congress, the president, and the courts to defend their own institutional prerogatives, so each receives tools for resisting encroachment by the others. Which Federalist No. 51 idea supports that design?

Madison expected officeholders to defend their institutional powers. Checks and balances turn that ambition and self-interest into a safeguard against concentration.
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D. Institutions should have motives and means to resist encroachment by other institutions

Madison expected officeholders to defend their institutional powers. Checks and balances turn that ambition and self-interest into a safeguard against concentration.

Question 2

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Which constitutional mechanism most closely reflects Federalist No. 10's proposed control over the effects of majority faction?

Madison argued that representation and the multiplicity of interests in an extended republic would make an unjust majority harder to coordinate. A small, more homogeneous republic reflects an Anti-Federalist preference, while the remaining choices point chiefly to the institutional arguments of Federalist Nos. 51, 70, and 78 rather than No. 10's control of faction.
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A. Using a large representative republic with many competing interests

Madison argued that representation and the multiplicity of interests in an extended republic would make an unjust majority harder to coordinate. A small, more homogeneous republic reflects an Anti-Federalist preference, while the remaining choices point chiefly to the institutional arguments of Federalist Nos. 51, 70, and 78 rather than No. 10's control of faction.

Question 3

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A president argues that executive power should be placed in one identifiable officer so decisions can be energetic and the public can assign responsibility. Which essay most directly supports the argument?

Federalist No. 70 links unity in the executive with energy, speed, and visible accountability. Federalist No. 78 concerns judicial independence and review; Nos. 10 and 51 address faction and institutional checking.
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B. Federalist No. 70

Federalist No. 70 links unity in the executive with energy, speed, and visible accountability. Federalist No. 78 concerns judicial independence and review; Nos. 10 and 51 address faction and institutional checking.

Question 4

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Why did many Anti-Federalists demand a bill of rights during ratification?

Anti-Federalists argued that enumerated powers and structural limits were insufficient safeguards. The alternatives state Federalist counterarguments or reasons for delay; Anti-Federalists demanded explicit rights because they feared the new national government's effects on liberty.
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C. They feared national threats to individual liberty

Anti-Federalists argued that enumerated powers and structural limits were insufficient safeguards. The alternatives state Federalist counterarguments or reasons for delay; Anti-Federalists demanded explicit rights because they feared the new national government's effects on liberty.

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