Let Justice Be Our Guide: Federalism & the Constitutional Convention

By |2023-05-03T11:57:21-05:00May 3rd, 2023|Categories: American Founding, American Republic, Constitution, Constitutional Convention, Featured, Federalist Papers, Timeless Essays|Tags: |

The paramount issue facing the Constitutional Convention was how to secure the safety and happiness of the people. Therefore, the paramount question which guided the deliberations was: What is justice? James H. Hutson concludes his valuable 1984 survey of two hundred years of Constitutional scholarship on a pessimistic note. Scholarship, says Hutson, is at a [...]