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What Connecticut’s Authorizing Documents Tell Us About the Constitutional Convention—and About Modern Misinterpretations

October 11, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

On May 11, 1787, the Samuel Huntington, the governor of Connecticut, addressed his state legislature about the pending Constitutional Convention. Shortly thereafter the legislature adopted […]

Newly-Published Ratification Documents Confirm Our Conclusions on the Amendment Process

May 10, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

The Wisconsin Historical Society publishes successive volumes of the Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States. As its name indicates, the Documentary History […]

The Constitutional Convention Did Not Exceed Its Power and the Constitution is not “Unconstitutional”

April 17, 2016 articlev_admin2 0

Note: This article was first published in 2013. Judging by recent claims in the media such as this one, there is still a lot of […]