[DiogenesLamp]

James Madison is not the authority from which the US Constitution derives it's powers. The legislatures of the states gave the Constitution legitimacy, and it only matters what they believed, not what Mr. Madison believed.

"Consent of the governed." Do you speak it?

[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "The legislatures of the states gave the Constitution legitimacy, and it only matters what they believed, not what Mr. Madison believed."

But none of them believed what you believe, not one.

[OIFVeteran]

So the father of the constitution is not an authority on what it means? Where’s the yea right Jennifer Lawrence meme when you need it. Your freaking delusional dude. I think I’ll take his views on the constitution before yours.