[rxsid]

"Why did none of the framers of the Constitution -- many of whom were members of Congress when the Act passed -- stand up and say, "Hey, that's not what we said three years ago!" "

You know for a fact that that (or similar) didn't happen?

[Nathanael1]

You know for a fact that that (or similar) didn't happen?

I also don't know for a fact that unicorns don't exist.

If you wish to assert that there was constitutional objection to the provision, the burden of proof is yours. Unless and until you can do that, any argument for unconstitutionality is based on precisely two things: speculation and silence.