[jeffersondem]

“It’s way more than just the numerical states needed for ratification. Look up these glaring facts the founding fathers were facing . . .”

Still, the founders of the Constitution had decided they would form a nation with just nine states if necessary. That decision was made by the time Article VII was drafted.

The founders didn’t think in terms of needing 50 states to be successful; or even 10.

They said nine.

[Tell It Right]

Think of it like Lincoln declaring the Emancipation Proclamation in both 1862 and 1863 (even when he declared it in 1862 he said it would be implemented in 1863). It was one thing for Lincoln to declare it. But it had no teeth except in places the Union had military victories over the confederates (both then and later). It didn't matter what authority he had as Commander-in-chief to make laws in a martial law situation of war if his military couldn't actually win battles in key areas to implement his laws.

That's exactly what the founding fathers were facing. When they told the delegates from Georgia and South Carolina that only 9 states were needed to ratify the Declaration and later the Constitution, everybody in the room knew that Georgia and South Carolina had much more bargaining power than just 2/13ths of the votes.