From parchment to power : how James Madison used the Bill of Rights to save the Constitution
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- ISBN: 0844740128
- ISBN: 9780844740126
- ISBN: 0844740136
- ISBN: 9780844740133
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 213 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: Washington, DC : AEI Press, 1997.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-205) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Constitution making, now and then: an introduction : The compelling reasons for Constitution writing ; 1789 and its consequences ; The American experience ; The plan of the book -- pt. 1. How to ratify a Constitution. 1. Philadelphia: the last days of summer, 1787 : Obstacles to ratification ; Evasions and solutions ; Another Constitutional convention? ; Achieving "unanimous consent" -- 2. New York: the Continental Congress and the quest for unanimity : More feeble than fearful ; The appearance of unanimity -- 3. The states: the politics of ratification : Early, easy victories ; Massachusetts, prospect of defeat ; The turning point ; Virginia, sharply and evenly divided ; New York, sharply and unevenly divided -- Reflections on part 1 -- pt. 2. How Madison became the Father of the Bill of Rights. 4. "What use can a Bill of Rights serve?" A Madison-Jefferson dialogue : Madison's report to Jefferson ; Jefferson's campaign for a Bill of Rights ; Madison favors a Bill of Rights ; The oppressive potential of a republican majority ; The contents of the Bill of Rights ; How Madison persuaded himself -- 5. "To introduce the great work": Congressman Madison takes the floor : Madison's surprising role ; The threat of a second convention ; Why consider amendments now ; Madison's strategy ; Madison's proposed amendments ; No guarantees ; The purpose of the pre-Preamble ; The significant selection ; The goal of a Bill of Rights -- Reflections on part 2 -- pt. 3. Closing the parenthesis. 6. "Rats and anti-rats": the debate begins : Procedural inertia ; Madison gets things started ; The pre-Preamble ; Elbridge Gerry's rancor ; Samuel Livermore's contribution ; The right to instruct representatives ; Attack and counterattack ; The anti-Federalists accuse ; Madison responds ; Voting without discussing -- 7. "Those solid and substantial amendments," all defeated : The Second Amendment ; What the anti-Federalists were for ; The issue of direct taxation ; The issue of executive powers ; The issue of religion -- 8. "Kill the opposition, every where" : Where to place the amendments ; The right to bear arms ; The declaration and the Constitution ; Two-thirds of both Houses ; The "nauseous project" ; Persuading a state legislator ; The practical politician and the Constitution maker -- 9. Fisheries, post roads, and ratifications : The House concludes debate ; The senators as copy editors ; The evolution of the establishment clause ; The anti-Federalists vote no -- On to the state legislatures ; Virginia takes a stand ; Jefferson announces ratification -- Reflections on part three : The transforming power ; We the people ; The people article ; A portrait of the people ; Are we that people? ; Closing the parenthesis. |
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Subject: | Constitutional history United States Madison, James 1751-1836 Madison, James 1751-1836 Constitutional history United States |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | KF 4541 .G65 1997 | 242786 | Stacks | Available | - |