The John Birch Society vs. Article V Part II
The logic that decades ago led the John Birch Society to condemn communism, big government and the welfare state mysteriously ends when it comes to the slow strangulation of liberty… Read more »
Tag: Charles Pinckney
A Senate of the States: July 14th, 1787
As of this Saturday in mid-July, the familiar enumeration of specific powers in Article I § 8 and prohibitions in Sections 9 & 10 didn’t exist. Delegates had agreed to… Read more »
A Senate of the States: June 19th – June 25th, 1787
Subtitle: The Second American Revolution. Recall Alexander Hamilton’s speech from yesterday, June 18th, in which he attempted to meld the English parliamentary system with republicanism. June 19. In contrast, in… Read more »
A Senate of the States: June 7th – June 11th, 1787
On June 7th, John Dickinson (DE) motioned “that the members of the second branch ought to be chosen by the individual Legislatures.” The separate question of proportional or federal (equal)… Read more »