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May 24, 2024 · In May 1787, America's brightest political minds convened in Philadelphia and created the Constitution—a document establishing a robust central government with legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
- Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Origins and Key Figures. The Federalists, led by Alexander...
- Anti-Federalists: Liberty or Obstacle?
The Anti-Federalists emerged from a distinct historical...
- Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
6 days ago · The drafted Constitution was submitted to the Congress of the Confederation in September 1787; that same month it approved the forwarding of the Constitution as drafted to the states, each of which would hold a ratification convention.
May 22, 2024 · As a historical problem: why do we have the Constitution? If you look back at 1776, no American in his wildest dreams imagined the kind of strong central government that emerged from the meeting in Philadelphia in 1787.
1 day ago · Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the government's power in judicial and other proceedings ...
May 12, 2024 · The only way to understand the original, legal meaning of the Constitution lies in a process known as “originalism.” To read the Constitution through an originalist framework means we seek to determine how the people who ratified it and put it into legal effect understood it at the time.
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