Editing Federalist (section)

=== North America ===
==== Quebec ====
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''Federalism'', in regard to the [[National Question]], refers to support for [[Quebec]] remaining within [[Canada]], while either keeping the ''[[status quo]]'' or pursuing greater autonomy and [[distinct society|constitutional recognition of a Quebec nation]], with corresponding rights and powers for Quebec within the Canadian federation. This ideology is opposed to [[Quebec sovereignty movement|Quebec sovereigntism]], proponents of Quebec independence, most often (but not for all followers) along with an economic union with Canada similar to the European Union.

==== United States ====
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In the [[United States]] the term ''[[Federalism in the United States|federalist]]'' usually applies to a member of one of the following groups:
* Statesmen and public figures supporting the proposed [[Constitution of the United States]] between 1787 and 1789. The most prominent advocates were [[James Madison]], [[Alexander Hamilton]], and [[John Jay]]. They published ''[[The Federalist Papers]]'', which expounded the principles of the early federalist movement to promote and adopt the proposed Constitution.
* Statesmen and public figures supporting the administrations of presidents [[George Washington]] (1789–1797) and [[John Adams]] (1797–1801). They became the [[Federalist Party]], founded by Alexander Hamilton. During the 1790s and early 1800s, the Federalist Party opposed the [[Democratic-Republican Party]] (founded by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and James Madison) over issues of how broadly or narrowly to apply the provisions of the new Constitution.

The [[Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies]] is an organization of [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] and [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] lawyers and others dedicated to debate of these principles.