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Compact of the Republic

The League of States and the Constitution

David Benner
Paperback | Engels
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The United States Constitution was a concerted response to an age of tyrannical kings and highly centralized government. As history reveals, such political authority had to be challenged directly - by local units and causes - to preserve liberty and ensure public happiness.

Compact of the Republic demonstrates that the Constitution did not impose a nationalist, superlative central government, and was not ratified by "one American people" in the aggregate. Instead, the document was the product of a multi-party arrangement, where the states remained the masters of their own creation and the pillars of the federal system.

In Compact of the Republic, historian David Benner:

*Reveals that representatives were assured that delegated power could be reclaimed by the states following acts of federal overreach and usurpation

*Explains the historical foundation behind the Bill of Rights, and traces the limitations on government to the actions of malevolent kings

*Proves the Constitution acknowledges the states in the plural, as a collection of sovereign societies with varied interests

*Demonstrates that the "elastic clauses" were clearly explained during the ratification campaign, and leave no room for modern reinterpretation

*Describes how the federal judiciary now overturns state laws it has no jurisdiction over, to the contrary of its original scope of power

*Explains why Thomas Jefferson and James Madison believed that unconstitutional federal laws had to be opposed, nullified, and obstructed by the states

*Illustrates that ratification was secured only by convincing opponents of the Constitution that the document would produce a nominal general government with limited, enumerated powers

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Aantal bladzijden:
392
Taal:
Engels

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Productcode (EAN):
9780692484265
Verschijningsdatum:
5/11/2014
Uitvoering:
Paperback
Formaat:
Trade paperback (VS)
Afmetingen:
152 mm x 229 mm
Gewicht:
521 g
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