[WhiskeyPapa]

A contract signed under false pretenses is not a valid document.

Are you saying that Washington and Madison whited out the words, "this Constitution and the laws made in pursuance.......shall be the supreme law of the land..." on the copy of the document that people of the southern states ratified?

Walt

[Maelstrom]

I'm saying that Madison and Hamilton lied in their arguments supporting the Constitution against spot on identification of the problem by Anti-Federalists.

The Debate on the Constitution
by The Library of America

Federalist and Anti-Federalist arguments for and against the Constitution are placed in chronological order, giving context to the arguments.