[Publius]

Not really, but he could also be talking about the Patriot Act or TARP. His concern is that the supporters of the Constitution are trying to rush the document through without proper consideration.

Whis is old has become new again.

[Political Junkie Too]

I hope they at least nailed the Constitution to the tree for more than 72 hours before voting on it. ;-)

-PJ

[rlmorel]

LOL...I began writing my post when there was only two responses in the thread...and that was the same thing that stuck out at me.

Those who want to push something through as quickly as possible.

To me, one of the most amazing things about the Constitution (and my admiration for those who framed it) is that they took care to include the mechanisms of change within the documents itself, and were astute enough to make the document difficult to change, so that it would be resistant to the effects of populist winds and flames.

[stylin_geek]

(Ecclesiastes 1:9-14 NIV) What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

I’ve always taken the above verse to be a reference to the actions of men.

#38 is another example of just how astute these people were in regards to human nature. And how hard the Constitutional Convention tried to guard against human nature when putting together the Constitution.