From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the ConstitutionAmerican Enterprise Institute, 1997 - 213 pages This book tells how the Bill of Rights was amended to the Constitution and explains how that addition completed the Constitution by clarifying the status of the American people. |
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... Legislatures 167 Virginia Takes a Stand 169 Jefferson Announces Ratification 173 REFLECTIONS ON PART THREE We the People 178 127 140 154 176 The Transforming Power 177 The People Article 178 A Portrait of the People 180 Are We That ...
... Legislatures 167 Virginia Takes a Stand 169 Jefferson Announces Ratification 173 REFLECTIONS ON PART THREE We the People 178 127 140 154 176 The Transforming Power 177 The People Article 178 A Portrait of the People 180 Are We That ...
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Contents
xiii | 15 |
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS | 29 |
THE POLITICS OF RATIFICATION | 36 |
36 | 71 |
CONGRESSMAN MADISON | 75 |
REFLECTIONS ON PART | 96 |
6 | 105 |
Elbridge Gerrys Rancor | 112 |
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