The Constitutional Convention
by James Madison, Edward J. Larson, Michael P. Winship · first published 2005
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…school or college for "general education". I tried to pick books that would be assessable and useful for them. So no "Das Kapital" or other political tracts. I would have put in Madison's Notes on the Constitutional Convention, and many other political writings for a different audience. I didn't really include much if anything primary about Philosophy (again, that wasn't the point for this group). And, now that we are discussing…
on “Alan Kay's reading list” ↗…otherwise populous states would have too much influence on the internal government of other states. That's part of it, anyway. It's more complicated and I'd recommend you read Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention if you're really curious.
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on “Sam Altman's Twitter AMA” ↗…Methodists in these parts, he would have been a dreadful thorn in our sides, if the Lord had not in mercy taken him away. And here is Gouverneur Morris, one of the Founding Father, debating in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention the merits of the Three-Fifths Compromise, as recorded in James Madison's notes: > Upon what principle is it that the slaves shall be computed in the representation? Are they men? Then make them Citizens…
…supremacy clauses since the Civil War. We do not currently live in a strict constructionist country, and frankly that type of government is significantly flawed. Madison correctly pointed this out during the Constitutional Convention, and while his negative was not put in, it was later taken up by the Supreme Court as judicial review. I would argue that the death knell for the state's rights reading of the Constitution was the Civil…
on “Chicago Police Department shuts down its arrest API” ↗…material on the subject from there. Since I heard this, I have found it very profitable to think of public policy in terms of coalitions. Interestingly, one of Madison's arguments in favor of union at the Constitutional Convention was what that a United States would create broader coalitions, and thus a more stable government. This was to head off arguments at the time that republics had always been geographically limited, and…
on “Why the US can beat China: The Facts about SpaceX Costs” ↗…it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people. -James Madison, Speech, Constitutional Convention (1787-06-29)
on “Congressman introduces bill to end warrantless Stingray surveillance” ↗…Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people. -James Madison, Constitutional Convention (1787-06-29)
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