“Away with your President, we shall have a King”: Anti-Federalist Warnings and the 21st Century Presidency

• In Event: Constitutional Thought & Development

Brief Overview

This paper examines the Anti-Federalist fears about the potentially tyrannical power of the presidency, and the relevance of those fears to recent presidencies. The danger of tyranny is now greater than it has been through most of American history.

Author

• Michael J. Faber, Texas State University