The founding fear of factions was aimed at interest groups, not parties
Evidence
The fear of factions was not, I think, the fear of political parties, but of what we would today call interest groups. The idea of disinterested representation was taken from the lawyerâs customary role, not the parliamentarianâs. â Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 88
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to modern interest-group pluralism debates and anti-federalist scholarship; also to contemporary concerns about lobbying.
- SEED: An essay contrasting how historically âfactionâ conflated parties and interest groups, and what that elision has cost modern campaign-finance and lobbying debates.