All 50 Uses of "usurp" in "The Federalist Papers -- Modern English Edition 2" - Auto-generated

Once it has happened, however, it's difficult to get the people to effectually resist usurpations.†

p. 39.1 *

usurpations = acts of seizing or taking control without authority

He explains that if one man attempted usurping supreme authority, he wouldn't have equal influence in all the States.†

p. 41.3

usurping = seizing or taking control without authority

Enlightened citizens would know the difference between legal authority and illegal usurpation of authority.†

p. 66.8

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

Would National Government Usurp State Authority?†

p. 67.5

usurp = seize or take control without authority

Therefore, federal politicians probably would not usurp these powers.†

p. 67.8

Some fell under the tyranny of Macedonian garrisons; others fell to usurpers within Greece.†

p. 73.1

Then it dissolves either from a lack of power or government officials usurp the powers necessary for the public safety.†

p. 78.7

usurp = seize or take control without authority

The usurpation may stop at a healthy point or go forward to a dangerous extreme.†

p. 78.8

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

Usurpations could trample State liberties and the national government could legally do nothing but watch in anger and sorrow.†

p. 80.8

usurpations = acts of seizing or taking control without authority

If such a conspiracy happened, the army could be raised—using any pretext—and used in the usurpation scheme.†

p. 95.6

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

Hard to Block Usurpation in 1 State†

p. 104.1

Self-defense against national usurpations will be more successful than against rulers of a State.†

p. 104.2

usurpations = acts of seizing or taking control without authority

If the rulers of a single State usurp power, county governments don't have the resources to defend the people.†

p. 104.2

usurp = seize or take control without authority

Because the State usurpers are cloaked in legal authority, they can often crush the opposition while it is tiny.†

p. 104.3

The State usurpers will see their preparation and rapidly deploy the military against the opposition.†

p. 104.4

Obstacles to Usurpation†

p. 104.4

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

If the citizens understand their rights and want to defend them, the ability to stop usurpation increases with the increased size of the state.†

p. 104.5

Since power is usually the rival of power, the national government will always stand ready to check State usurpations.†

p. 104.6

usurpations = acts of seizing or taking control without authority

Usurpation cannot be hidden by pretenses; the people and their representatives will see them.†

p. 104.9

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

Large Size Blocks Nat'l Usurpation†

p. 105.1

It would also be protection against usurpation by the ambitious national rulers.†

p. 105.1

When citizens rebelled against the usurpation and the federal army stopped them in one State, distant States would raise fresh forces.†

p. 105.1

The usurpers would abandon their advantage in the first State to subdue the opposition in others.†

p. 105.2

Number 31: Federal Won't Usurp State Powers†

p. 111.8

usurp = seize or take control without authority

"Usurpation" Poor Argument†

p. 113.5

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

Sometimes this argument seems based on the assumption that the national government will usurp State powers.†

p. 113.5

usurp = seize or take control without authority

If we start worrying about usurpations by the federal government, we fall into a bottomless abyss.†

p. 113.6

usurpations = acts of seizing or taking control without authority

All arguments based on the danger of usurpation of power should refer to the structure of government, not to the nature or extent of its powers.†

p. 113.7

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

Our security against State usurpation is their structure and the dependence of State administrators on the people.†

p. 113.8

If the proposed federal government has the same type of security, all fears of usurpation should be discarded.†

p. 113.9

These will be acts of usurpation and deserve to be treated as such.†

p. 118.5

It would be a usurpation of power not granted by the Constitution.†

p. 118.7

It is continually exposed to the dangers of dissolution or usurpation.†

p. 137.9

If there is a man who wants to condemn the delegates and the convention, how does he plan to punish the twelve States who usurped power by sending deputies to the convention?†

p. 145.7

usurped = seized or took control without authority

And, happily, while a navy will repel foreign invaders, usurpers in government can never turn it against our liberties.†

p. 150.5

However, the tiniest provisions become important when they prevent the need or pretext for gradual, unobserved usurpations of power.†

p. 153.1

usurpations = acts of seizing or taking control without authority

First, the power usurpation will only succeed if the executive and judiciary departments, which execute and interpret legislative acts, support it.†

p. 165.8

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

And in the last resort, the people will remedy the problem; they can elect more faithful representatives, who can annul the acts of the usurpers.†

p. 165.9

This remedy may work better against the unconstitutional acts of the federal than the State legislatures, simply because every federal usurpation will invade the rights of a State.†

p. 165.9

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

They view the federal and State governments as rivals and enemies that will want to usurp each other's authorities.†

p. 171.5

usurp = seize or take control without authority

States Fight Federal Usurpations†

p. 173.3

usurpations = acts of seizing or taking control without authority

Military Force to Usurp State Power†

p. 173.8

usurp = seize or take control without authority

Military force is the only other way that the federal government could usurp State power.†

p. 173.8

People Will Stop Federal Usurpation†

p. 174.7

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

Or if not, it will not possess the confidence of the people and the State governments—supported by the people—will easily defeat its usurpation scheme.†

p. 174.9

Danger from Legislative Usurpations†

p. 180.1

usurpations = acts of seizing or taking control without authority

Legislative usurpations lead to the same tyranny as executive usurpations.†

p. 180.1

Legislative usurpations lead to the same tyranny as executive usurpations.†

p. 180.2

People could immediately see and stop usurpation attempts by the executive or judiciary.†

p. 180.6

usurpation = the act of seizing or taking control without authority

State Legislatures Usurping Power†

p. 180.7

usurping = seizing or taking control without authority

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