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Righteous Anger at the Wicked States
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Righteous Anger at the Wicked States
By
Calvin H. Johnson
Description
This book is a history that explains
the adoption of the US Constitution in terms of what the proponents
of the Constitution were trying to accomplish. The Constitution was a
revolutionary document replacing the confederation mode with a
complete three-part national government supreme over the states. The
most pressing need was to allow the federal government to tax, to pay
off the Revolutionary War debts because in the next war, the United
States would need to borrow again. The taxes needed to restore the
public credit proved to be quite modest, however, and the
Constitution went far beyond the immediate fiscal needs. This book
argues that the proponents’ anger at the states for their
recurring breaches of duty to the united cause explains both critical
steps and the driving impetus for the revolution. Other issues were
less important.
• Federalism is the most important
current issue in Constitutional Law for the Supreme Court, making
this interesting reading for all those interested in US
Constitutional Law • This book explains that the US Constitution
was adopted as an anti-state program and because of anger at the
states • Researched original documents made available from the
Library of Congress digital archive
Contents
Introduction; Part I. The Necessity of
the Constitution: 1. The rise of the righteous anger; 2. Madison’s
vision: requisitions and rights; 3. The superiority of the extended
republic; 4. Shifting the foundations of government from the states
to the people; 5. Partial losses; 6. Anti-federalism; 7. False
issues; Part II. Less Convincing Factors: 8. The modesty of the
original commerce clause; 9. Creditors, territories, and shaysites;
10. Hamilton’s constitution; 11. The turning of Madison;
Concluding summary; Acknowledgments.
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