Question

Federalist Paper 46: The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared

“The federal and State governments are in fact different agents and trustees of the people,
constituted with different powers, and designed for different purposes.
...the powers proposed to be lodged in the federal government are as little formidable
(dangerous) to those reserved to the individual States, as they are indispensably necessary to
accomplish the purposes of the Union."
To which idea is Madison referring? How do you know ?

Answer 1

In this paper, Madison asserts the advantages that state governments have over the federal government in terms of securing the support of the people and resisting encroachments.

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