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My answer is that the people rejected the Constitution unless the Framers agreed to add clauses further restricting government power.

What is your answer?

1 posted on 08/14/2024 4:40:40 PM PDT by MosesKnows
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To: MosesKnows

Was dubbed the Bill of Rights <~~ first ten Amendments


2 posted on 08/14/2024 4:43:42 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: MosesKnows

Simple answer is that...

The Constitution is unconstitutional because...

it wasn’t put to a vote by the people. ;)


5 posted on 08/14/2024 4:50:45 PM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: MosesKnows

These days, you have NO STANDING to pose the question.


8 posted on 08/14/2024 4:58:44 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: MosesKnows

They accepted the “package” of the Constitution and the amendments.


9 posted on 08/14/2024 4:59:14 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: MosesKnows
Did the people accept or reject the Constitution when offered for ratification?

The Constitution was a construct for the States, and only indirectly, the People. So, strictly speaking, no.

We were not founded as the 'United People of America', but founded as the 'United States of America'.

Then, some fools mucked around with the setup, 17th amendment for example, and made the federal side do thousands of things, when we as states only enumerated a dozen or so things the federals could do.

14 posted on 08/14/2024 7:02:44 PM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: MosesKnows

The United States Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it. The process was established in Article VII of the Constitution, which stated that the Constitution would be established between the states that ratified it once nine states had done so. The Confederation Congress then set March 9, 1789 as the date for the new government to begin operating under the Constitution. Rhode Island was the last state to ratify, on May 29, 1790, after initially rejecting it.


15 posted on 08/14/2024 7:11:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: MosesKnows

“Did the people accept or reject the Constitution when offered for ratification?”

Yes, they did.


16 posted on 08/14/2024 10:03:34 PM PDT by samiam5
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