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=== | === Declaration of Independence === | ||
* | * affirmation of Locke | ||
* affirms self-governance | |||
* anti-monarchy | |||
* justifies revolution based on needs of citizens going unmet | |||
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=== Faction, dissent & minority rights === | === Faction, dissent & minority rights === | ||
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** How does the Constitution both resolve factionalism and enhance it? | ** How does the Constitution both resolve factionalism and enhance it? | ||
=== | === Madison's Federalist no. 10 === | ||
* | * provides theoretical framework for overcoming the dangers of "faction" | ||
* | * the Founders recognized that faction is a danger inherent to democracies | ||
* | ** if one faction seizes 51% control, it can ignore and thereby abuse the rights of the minority (49%) | ||
** the situation is what is known as the ''tyranny of the majority'' | |||
* Madison reasoned that: | |||
** faction can be controlled by limiting its ability to control an entire government | |||
** it is accomplished through separation of powers with checks and balances | |||
** therefore, a large republic (like America) can avoid factions more readily be avoided since there is more power to be distributed/separated than in a small republic | |||
*** that is, a small republic would be easier for a single faction to take over and control | |||
*** the idea was novel, as it was assumed by all thinkers up to Madison that a republic would not function in a large country | |||
=== Constitution === | === Constitution === |