In as much as we’re all scholars here, pwrhaps you could make more specific reference to the documents, say by naming them.
go look at the "ratification documents" of almost ANY state & you'll see that the delegates were "concerned" at best & most of the delegations of "the little brothers" were AFRAID of the potential power of NJ,NY, PA & VA.
i KNOW that you've been told endlessly that the 9th & 10th Amendments do NOT mean what the plain text plainly says, but SORRY, i'm correct on this.
furthermore, my 18 ancestors were 100% "in the right", when they fought against the hegemony of the ELITES, against the ever worsening power of the northern Leviathan & FOR liberty.
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