Posted on 01/30/2017 2:03:12 AM PST by Jacquerie
Subtitle: The Federalist No. 40
Recall from the Introduction to this series, Brent Dunklau, COS District Captain (HD 33 Texas), noted James Madison' seemingly contradictory stances in The Federalist No. 40. Is the Constitution an amended version of the Articles of Confederation (AC) or is it an unauthorized and radical departure? Brent regularly encounters this question, and it is one which Article V opponents use to delegitimize the Constitution.
James Madison opened No. 40 with a quick reference to No. 39, in which he distinguishes between national and federal systems. A national system is democratic. A majority of the people rule, and a majority may change the governing form. In a federal system, all the member republics must agree to amend the governing treaty articles.
In No. 40, Madison goes on to defend the process, the events that led to a new governing form. As opposed to the opinion of COS opponents, the controlling authority wasnt congress; Madison wrote that the conventions powers should be viewed through the state commissions issued to each delegate.
Since each commission adapted verbiage from either the Annapolis meeting of September 1786 or congress in February 1788, lets examine their pertinent sections.
The Annapolis report recommended:
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I suspect it’s still percolating, but Trump has / will remove much of the necessity. It was assumed Hillary would continue Obama’s road to ruin.
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