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To: rollo tomasi; Pietro

The Constitution was designed to implement the tenets of the Declaration. It did.


30 posted on 05/05/2016 11:20:37 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Jacquerie
Heck the AOC was more attuned to the DOI as far as adhering to the letter and spirit of the statement/grievances. Many individuals felt a need for a stronger central entity and many opposed a stronger central entity. The Constitution was more of a compromise, but still there was a lot of opposition and felt the Constitutional lacked "key ingredients" and fundamental flaws.

Several did not including the person (US Minister to France during the ratification process) who primarily (With some input) crafted the Declaration.

The Bill of Rights (Other main objection was a lack of term limits) was a huge sign of relief for those who opposed ratification without the Amendments added; however as I stated, the Necessary and Proper clause (Independent power that made enumerated powers obsolete) unleashed a wave of conflicting purposes. Of course Jefferson later took advantage of the clause when he was elected to the presidency.
40 posted on 05/09/2016 7:30:25 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Jacquerie

Sorry, “...contained fundamental flaws.”


41 posted on 05/09/2016 1:31:21 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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