👉 Federalist is a term that was used by American political thinkers to describe people who supported the Constitution of the United States and advocated for the separation of powers between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Federalists believed in maintaining the balance of power among the various branches of government and believed that the three branches should be separate and distinct from each other. The term "Federalist" was coined by James Madison, a signer of the Constitution who was also one of the Founding Fathers. He used