Shaping the Electoral College Part III
Subtitle: June 2nd. Delegates once again met in committee, the committee of the whole, a parliamentary device that allows a more open exchange of views without the urgency of a… Read more »
Tag: John Dickinson
In Praise of Alexander Hamilton Part III
Subtitle: The Federal Convention June 1st – June 6th. “I do not see the danger of the states being devoured by the national government. On the contrary, I wish to… Read more »
Of our Founding Principles Part II
In a speech to the House of Commons on March 22nd 1775, Edmund Burke didn’t exaggerate when he warned that his majesty’s North American colonists “augur misgovernment at a distance,… 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 »
A Senate of the States: June 1st – June 6th, 1787
On the first and second days of June 1787, the Committee of the Whole grappled with the 7th Resolution of the Virginia Plan: “that a national Executive be instituted, to… Read more »
The Framers’ Senate
Charles de Montesquieu wrote, “At the birth of societies, the rulers of republics establish institutions; and afterwards the institutions mold the rulers.” The institution of the US Senate has indeed… Read more »
Thoughts on the Internal Police Power
At least two historic American statesmen attempted to insert the guarantee of internal police power to the states in both the Constitution and Articles of Confederation. Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman… Read more »