[philman_36]

A link to show the info in the image is right...

Congressional Globe, Senate, 39th Congress, 1st Session Page 2890 of 3840

Middle column - 1/2 way down.

[Phlyer]

. . . the info in the image is right...

So what? The Constitution does not start out, "We, the Lawyers and Judges . . ." or "We, the Landed Gentry of Virginia" or any other authoritative subset of "We, the People."

The Constitution means what it says to "We, the People", not what someone claims it says, no matter what his background might be. If someone's reasoning is compelling - including the original author - then 'We, the People' will agree with his reasoning. But it won't be because of what he meant it to say, but because of his compelling analysis of what it actually says.

Our agreement with ourselves is that "We, the People" will speak through our representatives, who in turn will select judges to interpret general laws in specific applications - aided by juries if necessary. If "We, the People" don't agree with their interpretations, then we vote them out (or vote in those who will impeach the judges). None of that is resolved by an ad hominem argument that some specific person's opinion is all that matters. That is as bad as the whole 'Living Constitution' obscenity where some judge's opinion can overrule the written words of the Constitution.