FederalistThe Constitution was revealed to a world full of critics. To put to rest many of the objections that critics had to the Constitution, a number of its supporters, such as Hamilton, Madison, and John Jay, wrote in the Federalist. Although there were many arguments for the Constitution, two of them played a major role in American life. The first major argument was that the powers of government came directly or indirectly from the people. The second argument said that to keep the government in check, there are a series of checks and balances that will not allow one branch of government to gain too much control. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay made many arguments for the Constitution, but these two stood out more than the others. On a deeper level, the first argument asserts that government is directly related to ordinary people. The powers of government come from the ordinary powers or the people and these ordinary powers have the ability to bring about changes in the government. The Constitution was designed to protect the people of the nation both at the time it was framed and until the time the government could be destroyed. The protection of the people and their ordinary powers is ensured by permitting citizens, under the Constitution, to alter the government established by the Constitution. The House of Representatives, for example, derives its powers from the American people – the House is created in such a way that the American people participate directly in government. Involvement of the people in government was a crucial argument in favor of the Constitution, as it stipulated that the government would essentially move... middle of paper ... they did, the delegates no longer worked under the will of their States but under their own will and for their own benefit. By taking this power away from the states and placing it in their own hands, the Constitution created by the delegates goes against what a republic is when representatives no longer represent what they were appointed to do. Clinton argues that because the delegates took power into their own hands, the Constitution was created tainted and should be opposed. The delegates wrote the Constitution with their own interests in mind. The delegates took on the task that needed to be done by Congress and created a new government. The delegates created a flawed document when they took power away from the states and Congress. They created a document that they had no authority to create and wanted it implemented. Clinton strongly opposed it.