From Story's Commentary: "On the 12th of July, 1776, the committee, appointed to prepare articles of confederation, presented a draft,3 which was in the hand-writing of Mr. Dickenson, one of the committee, and a delegate from Pennsylvania The draft, so reported, was debated from the 22d to the 31st of July, and on several days between the 5th and 20th of August, 1776. ....The subject seems not again to have been touched until the 8th of April, 1777, and the articles were debated at several times between that time and the 15th of November of the same year. On this last day the articles were reported with sundry amendments, and finally adopted by congress. "
This article was posted yesterday BTW.
Sobran is forgetting the many years of experience and troubles - both during colonial rule and conferedation - that provided the experience necessary to "bang out" such a constitution.