217; intent to limit the power of the people in the new government is realized through the delegation of powers in the first three articles of the Constitution. One need only observe where the power lies in the different branches, as well as how these positions of power are filled, to see that the anti-Federalists were not crying wolf, and that the new government, as proposed, was inherently undemocratic and representative in both !
its structure and in its underlying principles.
Looking to the various powers assigned in the Constitution, Article I created a bicameral Congress that possessed “All legislative powers;” it also allowed Congress to “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.” These two facts alone point to a political body that seems to hold absolute and unrestrained power over the people, able to create laws that serve the interests of the government, without the consent of even the state legislatures, let alone individuals. These statements exemplify the f
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