From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the ConstitutionThis 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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... Right to Instruct Representatives 114 118 The Anti - Federalists Accuse 120 Attack and Counterattack Madison Responds 121 Voting without Discussing 124 " THOSE SOLID AND SUBSTANTIAL Amendments , " All Defeated viii CONTENTS.
... Right to Instruct Representatives 114 118 The Anti - Federalists Accuse 120 Attack and Counterattack Madison Responds 121 Voting without Discussing 124 " THOSE SOLID AND SUBSTANTIAL Amendments , " All Defeated viii CONTENTS.
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... Defeated The Second Amendment 127 What the Anti - Federalists Were For 130 The Issue of Direct Taxation 133 The Issue of Executive Powers 135 The Issue of Religion 136 8 " KILL THE OPPOSITION , EVERY WHERE " Where to Place the ...
... Defeated The Second Amendment 127 What the Anti - Federalists Were For 130 The Issue of Direct Taxation 133 The Issue of Executive Powers 135 The Issue of Religion 136 8 " KILL THE OPPOSITION , EVERY WHERE " Where to Place the ...
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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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