May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
Some of the Plan’s features foreshadowed the Articles of Confederation, some foreshadowed the Constitution, and some foreshadowed both.
READ MOREThe Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government granted by William Penn to his colony on May 5, 1682 . . . was . . . a true colonial constitution.
READ MOREThe Charter foreshadowed important provisions in the Bill of Rights.
READ MOREIn fact, the Constitution was the product of centuries of “guidelines.”
READ MOREThe Farmer letters went well beyond asserting the case against taxation without representation; they also helped clarify American constitutional thinking on other questions, including: Which government responsibilities should be exercised centrally and which locally?
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