[DoodleDawg]

Which is exactly what is wrong with them. Statements made by people closer to the action and closer to the time of the constitution (Such as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Marshall) are by far better sources than people both distant in association and distant in time.

Of course. What on Earth did James Madison know about the Constitution anyway? </sarcasm>

[DiogenesLamp]

Of course. What on Earth did James Madison know about the Constitution anyway?

He knew quite a lot, but he was also not above shading the truth a bit if he decided it was in his best interests. He also recanted through his actions this statement he made in the case of William Smith.