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To: gandalftb

he Preamble of the Constitution states, “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…” As a result, the Constitution was a direct creation of the body of people in the nation themselves.

No this is quite simply false as a reading of the federalist papers makes quite clear.

“...the act of the people, as forming so many independent States, not as forming one aggregate nation, is obvious from this single consideration, that it is to result neither from the decision of a majority of the people of the Union, nor from that of a majority of the States.... Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act” (Federalist 39).’ James Madison

There is no “whole people”. There were 13 sovereign states.


243 posted on 04/02/2018 6:45:18 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

“The Preamble of the Constitution ......... is quite simply false”

So, you think the Constitution is false and the Federalist Papers have the force of law????

Keep talking.


251 posted on 04/02/2018 6:53:28 PM PDT by gandalftb
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