Led by thomas jefferson and james madison favored stronger state and local governments supported by planters, farmers, and craftsmen. which early american political party are these facts describing?

These facts are describing the Democratic-Republican Party, originally known as the Republican Party, which was formed in 1792, dissolved after the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom (1812-1815) and that eventually became the present Democratic Party. Both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison favored a decentralized and limited government - unlike George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, who, as Federalists, were in favor of a strong central government, with plenty of competencies, and a not-so-strict interpretation of the Constitution. Jefferson and their supporters found inspiration in the ideals of the French Revolution (1789) and they envisioned a party that would strive to be democratic and equitable, and that would help and serve the common man, not the affluent one.    

Democratic-Republican Party

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in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is