Explain How The Federalists Preserve The Liberties Of The People

Lakin Laws
Dr. Baribeau
POLI 201
Position Paper #1
09/29/17

How the Federalists Preserves the Liberties of the People
In my paper, I am going to be arguing how the Federalists preserve the liberties of the people. The federalists wanted a stronger national government. They felt that establishing a larger national government was necessary to create a more perfect union. The federalists wanted to create relationships with the states and wanted the states to trust them. The federalists also claimed that a strong national government would preserve the liberties of the people the best.
To create a stronger national government and to guard against the misuse and abuse of its powers, the Federalists believe that the government should have separate powers, so they wanted to divide the governing powers up between different branches of the government. I agree with what the Federalists wanted to do here because one branch can only take so much. So, to make things easier and fair, they wanted to split the powers up.
This gives other parts of the government the ability to stop any unconstitutional actions between branches of the government. It guarantees that no part of the government becomes too powerful. For example, if the legislative branch is trying to make a law, the executive branch can veto the law if they do not find it Constitutional. Even though this may prevent tyranny, the checks and balances could lead to a gridlock. Meaning, a political stalemate, which is a standstill with passing laws because the law does not satisfy the needs of the