Question

In Federalist #2, John Jay lays out his arguments for the U.S. Constitution grounded in the need for a singular union. This stood in stark contrast to the many who supported a more decentralized form of government with fundamental sovereignty vested in the states. Discuss Jay's several reasons for the union to exist and do the same arguments apply today?

Answer 1

After the American Revolution , John Jay proposed the single union for US as per the first constitution framed. Reason for such proposal was

Considering threat from foreign source . In such situation a union can deal problem more effectively.

If different state becomes hostile to each other then a union can resolve the conflict in better way.

Union has more utility in terms of revenue , economy and commercial relations.

Today , the scenarios have changed and US has survived for more than two centuries a d becone superpower with federal setup. So same arguement do not apply today.