236 Years ago today, the Convention Delegates approved their Draft of the U.S. Constitution
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September 17, 2023 The U.S. Constitution, 236 years ago today (in 1787), was proposed to the States which would later ratify it into existence. Alexander Hamilton had specifically sought to draft a constitution at the 1787 convention as only a set of negative prohibitions, expressly detailing the few named actions that Congress COULD NOT DO. In other words, his totalitarian-minded plan would have specifically allowed EVERYTHING being done but those precious few things expressly prohibited by being purposefully named.
236 Years ago today, the Convention Delegates approved their Draft of the U.S. Constitution
236 Years ago today, the Convention Delegates…
236 Years ago today, the Convention Delegates approved their Draft of the U.S. Constitution
September 17, 2023 The U.S. Constitution, 236 years ago today (in 1787), was proposed to the States which would later ratify it into existence. Alexander Hamilton had specifically sought to draft a constitution at the 1787 convention as only a set of negative prohibitions, expressly detailing the few named actions that Congress COULD NOT DO. In other words, his totalitarian-minded plan would have specifically allowed EVERYTHING being done but those precious few things expressly prohibited by being purposefully named.