If that is true then it is my deficient understanding of the Constitution. Some of our founding ancestors were very worried about the merchant-bankers. Such arguments between those siding with Jefferson and those siding with Madison.
Yes! You're exactly right. Those who won were Madison and Hamilton, who had plotted the overthrow of the Articles of Confederation in forcing the Convention from a meeting of merchant-bankers in Annapolis. Everything they did was illegal according to the Articles, which is a fairly uninspired document meant to leave the power to the States. The State Constitutions are where the Bill of Rights is sourced from, but it's a pale shadow written by Madison simply to squash those who wouldn't ratify the Constitution without it. The promise to ratify was made to get their agreement, then he wrote a toothless version to keep them from challenging slavery (which couldn't be changed for a number of years) and forbidding the States to issue their own currencies. We've all been taught a deficient understanding of what happened, you're not alone.
Well, well. Sometimes I hate being right! I wrote a long post earlier this year with lots of video refreshers on all this. The founding ancestors made so many concessions to seal the deal. Improved education in history and civics is necessary for certain.
If that is true then it is my deficient understanding of the Constitution. Some of our founding ancestors were very worried about the merchant-bankers. Such arguments between those siding with Jefferson and those siding with Madison.
Yes! You're exactly right. Those who won were Madison and Hamilton, who had plotted the overthrow of the Articles of Confederation in forcing the Convention from a meeting of merchant-bankers in Annapolis. Everything they did was illegal according to the Articles, which is a fairly uninspired document meant to leave the power to the States. The State Constitutions are where the Bill of Rights is sourced from, but it's a pale shadow written by Madison simply to squash those who wouldn't ratify the Constitution without it. The promise to ratify was made to get their agreement, then he wrote a toothless version to keep them from challenging slavery (which couldn't be changed for a number of years) and forbidding the States to issue their own currencies. We've all been taught a deficient understanding of what happened, you're not alone.
Well, well. Sometimes I hate being right! I wrote a long post earlier this year with lots of video refreshers on all this. The founding ancestors made so many concessions to seal the deal. Improved education in history and civics is necessary for certain.