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To: Huck

See http://www.stevelackner.com/2011/08/anti-federalists-were-right-how.html for my discussion of precisely that point about the Anti-Federalists and Supreme Court.


9 posted on 08/23/2011 7:39:46 PM PDT by stevelackner
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To: stevelackner

Glad to see someone else is out in the wilderness trying to get the message across. You never hear talk of the anti-feds, because it doesn’t fit nicely into the talk radio rap. It’s always about the Federalist papers, even though most of what the Federalists wrote turned out to be dead wrong. “Few and defined” powers? Bwahahaaaa!


11 posted on 08/23/2011 7:43:21 PM PDT by Huck (I don't believe there is just one God--humanity seems like the work of a committee to me.)
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To: stevelackner
The problem with your essay re: antifederalists is that you can't have it both ways. You can't say the antifeds were right, and that the solution is to adopt the view of the Federalists.

The results are in. The antifeds were right. The federalists were wrong. The flaw is structural, not operational, unless you assume government is made up of good, honest men. Article 3 is an abject failure and a constant threat--nay, usurper of liberty. It needs to be fixed. As far as I know, there aren't any think tanks (Cato, Heritage, et al) even devoting time to the question.

12 posted on 08/23/2011 7:50:31 PM PDT by Huck (I don't believe there is just one God--humanity seems like the work of a committee to me.)
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