I am reading through the pieces in The Debate on the Constitution, part of the Library of America series. All of the anti-Federalists who were against ratifying the Constitution pretty much saw what would happen.
Both the Federalist and the anti-Federalist pieces are well worth reading. There was an astounding amount of informed analysis and opinion written between September 1787 and August 1788. Two volumes, less than $50 from Amazon.
<> All of the anti-Federalists who were against ratifying the Constitution pretty much saw what would happen.<>
When were their fears fulfilled?
First of all I would change the range to include the 11th through 12th Amendments (roughly the first 10 years after initial ratification.)
Secondly I would repeat the obvious necessity of creating an official all-inclusive detailed concordance for the complex and contentious process of creating a Constitution which made the nation possible.
If many concordances exist for the bible, why not one for documents that affect ALL of us every day?
Of special interest are debates scattered all over the historical place, but more problematic, the contexts and common meaning of the English language that existed during that period. That should include ALL the debates within each colony that contributed to the process.That would prevent the absurdities like equating the original word, "welfare with the welfare that began in the 30s by FDR...
...or the "penumbras" invented by rogue criminal idiot jurists which have mucked up so much of our Constitution.