Constitution of the United States

NARA ^ | 6/5/08 | various

[mdittmar]

The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription

Note: The following text is a transcription of the Constitution in its original form. Items that are hyperlinked have since been amended or superseded.

[mdittmar]

I was looking up something and was going to post something brilliant,guess I got sidetracked.

[doc1019]

Just wonder if any of the framers of this magnificent document would even recognize our present government?

[mdittmar]

They would still recognize the WE THE PEOPLE part.

[gorush]

Read Article 1, Section 8. It list’s the limited powers given to the Federal Government. The decision in Marbury v. Madison has rendered the Constitution meaningless. Marbury was appointed to a federal judgeship by our first liberal President in an attempt to pack the courts after his bitter loss to Thomas Jefferson.

[Clemenza]

Jefferson was a supporter of the Jacobins in France even AFTER the Great Terror. Southerners like to present him as a "conservative", but he was far from it, although his defense of the rights of the states vis a vis the federal government are to be commended.

[gorush]

Still, Jefferson respected the Constitution, whereas Adams was often overstepping his Constitutional authority, i.e. The Alien and Sedition Acts. It can be argued that Adams’ packing of the courts led to our country’s downfall as it has allowed judges to assume legislative powers. The fact that democracies have an average lifespan of 200 years counters that argument...who knows, certainly not me.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Has anyone done any research regarding the size of the US House of Representatives? I’ve found some info online that indicates that the number in the House is supposed to increase in number in direct proportion to increases in population. The number wasn’t permanently fixed at 435 until 1913.

[gorush]

That was changed along the way...our population grew to a point where the number of representatives was unmanageable. I can’t tell you what act or year that change occurred, however. But my information is worth exactly what you paid for it.

[rabscuttle385]

The number wasn’t permanently fixed at 435 until 1913.

Brought to you by Woodrow Wilson, who also gave us the income tax, the Federal Reserve, World War I, the predecessor of the United Nations, and various other nasty items.

The three most devastating presidents of the twentieth century: Wilson, FDR, and LBJ.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

"As a result of Congress’s failure to reapportion the House after the 1920 census (in violation of the Constitution), the House remained the size that was established after the 1910 census (i.e., 435). In 1929, having realized that they could successfully circumvent the Constitution’s apportionment requirement, Congress permanently “fixed” the number of Representatives at 435. As a result, the number of House Representatives has remained at 435 since the 1910 apportionment."