A Rising or a Setting Sun? Lessons From the Last Day of the Convention of 1787
As we stand today in the United States of America, will we let the sun set on our federation of sovereign republic-states? Or will we see the sun rise on the...
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The Convention of 1787: What It Did, What It Was Supposed to Do, and What We Can Learn From the Difference
The delegates in 1787 produced an entirely new Constitution establishing an entirely new form of government. We got lucky then. ...
The Convention of 1787: The History of the President’s Cabinet
Why does the president have a Cabinet, and where did it come from? These questions are critical considering the power of the Cabinet and that the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 placed...
Convention of 1787: Frequent Elections Are Term Limits in Republican Governments
Term limits not only remove legislators’ motive for good behavior, but force them from office just when their experience makes them most valuable to their states. ...
This Week at the Convention of 1787: Congress Would Be Filled With Men of Virtue, of Valor, of Integrity, and Above Suspicion
This was the caliber of the Founding Fathers, and they anticipated that an extraordinary level of virtue would similarly be seen in any future servants of the people. ...
How Three Words Spoken at the Convention of 1787 Led to the 16th Amendment
The State House in Philadelphia was buzzing this week in 1787. The men sent by the states to recommend amendments to the Articles of Confederation had created a new constitution, which...
This Week at the Convention of 1787: Treason and Sovereignty
George Mason's remarks about treason and the "qualified sovereignty" of the federal government are highly relevant today. ...
This Week at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: First Draft of Constitution Presented to Delegates
The difference between the preamble of that first draft and the one in the adopted Constitution is huge, and presents a valuable lesson to anyone desiring a new convention. ...
On This Day at the Convention of 1787: You Won’t Believe What the Delegates Approved Regarding Presidential Elections
How would Americans react today if the Constitution were altered according to the vote of the delegates on July 26, 1787? ...
The Convention of 1787: Gouverneur Morris Admits the Dangerous and Unspoken Truth of the Convention’s Power
That truth was revealed on July 23, 1787, during the debates and discourses of the original Constitutional Convention. ...
How Much Power Should the States Cede to Congress: The Convention Contention Continues
“Acting for the preservation of the Community, there can be but one Supreme Power, which is the Legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate, yet the Legislative...
Congress, Convention, and Compromise: Passage of the Northwest Ordinance Interrupts Constitutional Convention
Tension mounted in the Pennsylvania State House as delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 continued their sometimes heated debate over how to apportion representation in the House of Representatives. There...
Do We Have a “Republican Form of Government” as Guaranteed in the Constitution?
In the Constitution, the Founders specified the number of people each legislator should represent. Herein we do the math to see if we qualify today. ...
Compromise or Capitulation? Madison Addresses the Convention in Philadelphia
From July 2 to July 5, 1787, the delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia approved a resolution that would sufficiently satisfy the demands of delegates from small states for equality...
This Week at the Constitutional Convention: Confederation or Nation?
The topic is worthy of study by Americans today so that we may understand the correct and intended relationship between the states and the federal government. ...