Unruly Americans and the Origins of the ConstitutionFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 M10 14 - 384 pages Average Americans Were the True Framers of the Constitution |
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... court. If the thirteen state legislatures could not muster the fortitude to crack down on delinquent debtors and taxpayers, they reasoned, they would create a national government that could. The Framers believed the only way to prevent ...
... Court. Whereas most state legislators and even governors had to run for reelection every year, presidents would serve for four years and senators for six. As long as they committed no crimes, judges could remain in office for life.29 ...
... court, at least a hundred and fifty Greenbrier citizens signed an “Instrument of Writing” in which they pronounced themselves victims of “Great oppressions.” The associators vowed “not to pay the certificate tax”—a special levy aimed at ...
... account of the events that led to the Constitutional Convention has become as powerful an institution as the Supreme Court or the Electoral College. It has instilled 16 Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution.
Woody Holton. the Supreme Court or the Electoral College. It has instilled in many well-to-do and well-educated Americans a breezy sense of political entitlement. It has had just the opposite effect on ordinary citizens, chipping away at ...
Contents
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II VIRTUE AND VICE | 83 |
III UNRULY AMERICANS | 125 |
IV REINING IN THE REVOLUTION | 177 |
V ESAUS BARGAIN | 225 |
Epilogue The Underdogs Constitution | 272 |
Notes | 279 |
Acknowledgments | 355 |
Index | 357 |