What stops this government from getting caught up in the agendas and interests of larger states, especially since the proposed federal government would be republican? Their concerns about power stem from three main aspects: fiscal power, military power, and judicial power. The proposed government has no limits on how to tax people. To have the ability to do this is a power superior to all others, for, as Brutus says “…it connects with almost all other powers, or at least in time drags all others after it; it is the great means of protection, security and defense, in a good government, and the great engine of oppression and tyranny in a bad one.” This power is also linked to the ability to raise an army. Having the power and loyalty of a military to enforce laws could be extremely dangerous if the government decided to oppress the people or states. Their ultimate concern is directed at the Supreme Court and its broad power that applies to all civil cases. This could allow the government to bypass any power of the states and override their decisions. If the government can ignore the authority of the state government, then what stops the government from removing them, since they would only be in the way? Anti-Federalists fear that a single federal government is too