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This posting deliberates which side you would take in the debates between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Did the Federalists' arguments prevail in 1788? I also give an example of how this debate continues today.

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Federalist and Anti-Federalist ideas are compared.

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Please allow some of my ideas to help within this large topical scope:

First of all, as you overview the two sides, you might talk about the staunch supporters of the Constitution, the Federalists. As you look at what their opponents, the Anti-Federalists, debated, please note that they seems to favor more of ...

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