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To: circlecity

Show me where you know the constitution better than James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton.


96 posted on 02/07/2014 12:13:17 PM PST by Jacquerie (Article V is our only chance.)
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To: Jacquerie
"Show me where you know the constitution better than James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton."

The constitution didn't exist when those people wrote "The Federalist Papers" so it is not a commentary on our constitution. Nor does "The Federalist Papers" carry any weight as binding precedent in any federal court in the country. Once could make a persuasive argument that anything "The Federalist Papers" said about the amendment process that didn't make it into the text of the US Constitution was thus specifically rejected by the original convention. So what direct influence would it have in this context?

98 posted on 02/07/2014 12:18:37 PM PST by circlecity
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