May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- Constitution, CONSTITUTION - Article V, CONSTITUTION - Uncategorized
- September 12, 2013
The most important lesson the Founders learned from Tacitus was that power corrupts.
READ MOREParticipants in the ratification debates could supplement English by using Virgil’s expressions . . . Virgil gave their message more force.
READ MOREDirectly or indirectly, Cicero probably influenced the Constitution as much as any other thinker.
READ MORESome Federalists expressed pride in the Constitution precisely because they considered it more reality-based than Plato’s “Republic.”
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