The Constitution and the Confederation Congress
Subtitle: When to Amend? Congress, that poor substitute for an actual government, was on the verge of collapse in 1787. Not a single state complied with the tax requisition of… Read more »
Tag: Rufus King
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 »