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- noun Plural form of
anti-federalist .
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Examples
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But the general constitutional limitations were long ago shrugged off, with hardly a whimper (thereby showing the anti-federalists to be preternaturally prescient).
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It was written to convince people to support the adoption of the constitution and answer the anti-federalists such as Patrick
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Those dreadful anti-federalists were such obstructionists ... the party of NO.
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That seems to me to have been one of the intentions of the anti-federalists who pushed through the 10th Amendment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bad News for Federalism? Some Preliminary Reflections on Comstock 2010
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The only ones he found were used by the anti-federalists to argue against the Constitution.
Chris Rodda: No, Mr. Beck, Our Constitution Is Not Based on the Book of Deuteronomy 2010
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In contrast to the mid-19th-century Confederates, whose population growth paled compared with the Northern states, many of today's demographic trends favor the anti-federalists.
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The Jeffersonian anti-federalists feared that a strong national government would lead our fledgling nation back towards monarchy.
Les Leopold: Slaughterhouse '10: The Gutting of State and Local Government 2010
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In contrast to the mid-19th-century Confederates, whose population growth paled compared with the Northern states, many of today's demographic trends favor the anti-federalists.
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The Jeffersonian anti-federalists feared that a strong national government would lead our fledgling nation back towards monarchy.
Slaughterhouse '10: The Gutting of State and Local Government 2010
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The only ones he found were used by the anti-federalists to argue against the Constitution.
Chris Rodda: No, Mr. Beck, Our Constitution Is Not Based on the Book of Deuteronomy 2010
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