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Constitutional Journal: A Correspondent's Report from the Convention of 1787

Book by Jeffrey St. John; Jameson Books, 1987

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Constitutional History--United States, United States--Constitutional Convention--(1787)

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...the subject of the Constitutional Convention. Nevertheless...Lance. "The Constitutional Convention." 1985...The Story of the Constitutional Convention May to...London: Hamish Hamilton, 1966. Bradford...
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The Oregon Constitution and Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1857

Book by Charles Henry Carey; State Printing Dept., 1926

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Constitutional Conventions--Oregon, Oregon--Constitution, Oregon--Constitutional Convention--(1857)

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...115 delegate to constitutional convention, 65 , 68 , 77 enrolled...clerk of senate, 54 Hamilton, Edward -- territorial...358 delegate to constitutional convention, 65...delegate to constitutional convention, 65...
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Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918

Book by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention; Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1918

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Massachusetts--Constitution

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...George W. Anderson, in Hamilton against the President of this Convention, John L. Bates, and in...that they took up in this Convention was on the resolution presented...be allowed a seat in this Convention with half a vote. Neither...
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Creating the Constitution: The Convention of 1787 and the First Congress

Book by Thornton Anderson; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993

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Constitutional Conventions--United States--History, Constitutional History--United States, Federal Government--United States--History, United States--Congress--(1st :--1789-1791), United States--Constitutional Convention--(1787), United States--Politics And Government--1783-1809

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...an item of the constitutional "chaff" from the Convention, this proposal...1: 101 . Only Hamilton and King voted...Butzner, ed., Constitutional Chaff. Rejected Suggestions of the Constitutional Convention of 1787...
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The Delegate from New York: Or, Proceedings of the Federal Convention of 1787, from the Notes of John Lansing, Jr

Book by Joseph Strayer Reese, John Lansing; Princeton University Press, 1939

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United States--Constitutional Convention--(1787)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...in 1789, and in the Convention Lansing voted against...two men during the Convention, yet it seems that...effort to persuade the Convention to accept...divided." Since Hamilton had left the Convention...Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State...

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Journal Articles on: hamilton constitutional convention

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The Second Convention Movement, 1787-1789

Journal article by Richard Labunski; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 24, 2007

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Constitutional Convention, 1787--Laws, regulations and rules, Constitutional conventions--18th century AD, Constitutional conventions--Evaluation, Constitutional conventions--Laws, regulations and rules, Constitutional history--Evaluation

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...ratifying conventions. (5) Mason...Philadelphia convention adjourned...entitled to constitutional protection...Alexander Hamilton. He did so...Article V: The Constitutional Lessons of...VILE, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT...wrote that Hamilton was "far...itself or a convention--will be...legislatures or state conventions. (38...
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The Other Way to Amend the Constitution: The Article V. Constitutional Convention Amendment Process

Journal article by James Kenneth Rogers; Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 30, 2007

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Constitutional conventions--Laws, regulations and rules, Constitutional interpretation--Evaluation, Constitutional law--Evaluation, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Initiative, Right of--Laws, regulations and rules, Right of initiative--Laws, regulations and rules

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...May the conventions scope be...relevance of the convention method of...HISTORY A. The Constitutional Convention...Constitution. (5) Convention delegates...Alexander Hamilton (6) that...legislatures or conventions in the States...ratification conventions in each state...Article V Convention Method...to Call a Constitutional Convention...Alexander Hamilton) (George...
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How to Count to Thirty-Four: The Constitutional Case for a Constitutional Convention

Journal article by Michael Stokes Paulsen; Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 34, 2011

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Constitutional conventions--Laws, regulations and rules

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...applications for conventions are invalid...for a limited constitutional convention, if such a...obliged to call a convention.) Still...permits limited constitutional conventions remains an...unrestricted conventions for proposing...conditioned on the convention being limited...invalid for this constitutional purpose. However...
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The Story of the Federalist: How Hamilton and Madison Reconceived America

Journal article by Brannon P. Denning; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 26, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, The Story of the Federalist: How Hamilton and Madison Reconceived America (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...special ratifying conventions that debated and...sovereignty through constitutional amendments or, ultimately, another constitutional convention. By "republicanism...months before the Conventions work was complete, leaving Hamilton kicking his heels...to the ratifying convention could not have been...
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The New Sovereignty and the Old Constitution: The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Appointments Clause

Journal article by John C. Yoo; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 15, 1998

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Arms control--Verification, Chemical weapons--Laws, regulations, etc., Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, 1993, Representative government and representation--International aspects, Treaties--Interpretation and construction, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. art. 2, s. 2

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...officials. Describing the Constitutional Conventions decision to amend the...to the Philadelphia constitutional convention.(101) 2. The Constitutional Convention and Ratification...proposed by Alexander Hamilton) prevailed.(104...

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Magazine Articles on: hamilton constitutional convention

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Renewed Push for a Con-Con: Calls for a Constitutional Convention Are Exercises in Misdirection. the Constitution Doesn't Need Fixing; Government Officials Who Violate It Need to Be Removed

Magazine article by Joe J.D. Wolverton Ii; The New American, Vol. 27, April 18, 2011

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Constitutional conventions--Planning, Government officials--Ethical aspects, Government officials--Planning, Public officers--Ethical aspects, Public officers--Planning

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...to a new constitutional convention called for...those early conventions is that while...Vernon or the convention at Annapolis...Madison, and Hamilton, principally) in those conventions was that...Alexander Hamilton in particular...to it the Constitutional Convention...
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The Constitutional Convention : The Most Momentous Chapter in American History

Magazine article by Martin D. Tullai; World and I, Vol. 17, April 2002

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Constitutional history--United States, United States Constitution, United States--Political aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...anniversary of the Constitutional Convention, called...provocative aspects. The Constitutional Convention was scheduled...how many" of the convention is revealing. Of...had served in state constitutional conventions, and seven had been...six; Alexander Hamilton, thirty-two...
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Time for a People's Convention

Magazine article by Gore Vidal; The Nation, Vol. 254, January 27, 1992

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Constitutional conventions--Political aspects, Constitutional law--Political aspects

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Time for a Peoples Convention. by Gore Vidal November 18, 1991...legislatures can request a constitutional convention, which Congress must then convene...Jefferson wanted to hold a constitutional convention at least once a generation because...
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Sherman's Great Compromise: Roger Sherman's Brilliant Proposal Saved the 1787 Constitutional Convention from a Hopeless Deadlock and Safeguarded against Centralization of Power at the Federal Level

Magazine article by Thomas R. Eddlem; The New American, Vol. 20, June 28, 2004

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Madison, James, Sherman, Roger, United States history

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...on June 28 that the convention appeared "divided...to us." With the Constitutional Convention appearing...temporarily left the convention), North Carolina...Monday, July 16, the convention adopted Shermans...state is at once a constitutional recognition of the...
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States Should Enforce, Not Revise, the Constitution! the States Should Rein in Our Out-of-Control Federal Government by Enforcing the Constitution through Nullification of Unconstitutional Federal Laws, Rather Than by Revising the Constitution through an Inherently Risky Constitutional Convention Process

Magazine article by Larry Greenley; The New American, Vol. 26, December 6, 2010

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John Birch Society--Political aspects, Madison, James (American president)--Political activity, Medical law--Political aspects, Political parties, Tea Party movement--Political aspects

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...case with the Convention of 1787, or...legislatures or state conventions. Our original Constitutional Convention in 1787 specified...special state conventions instead. While...constitutional convention, then its probable...marveled at the constitutional creation that...by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay as...

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Newspaper Articles on: hamilton constitutional convention

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Constitutional Convention; Another Strategy for Fighting Health Care Reform Law

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), April 2, 2010

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Health care industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Health care industry--Political activity, Health care industry--Political aspects, Health care reform--Laws, regulations and rules, Health care reform--Political aspects

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...to call a convention for proposing...states, or by conventions in three fourths...even an amendment convention could run wild...Second, as Hamilton pointed out...good or bad - the convention proposes do not...Congress prefers, conventions) - that is...state-initiated constitutional amendment, backed...
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Constitutional Framers Looked at Impeachment Issue Closely

Newspaper article by Thomas V. Dibacco; The Washington Times, September 13, 1998

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Johnson, Andrew

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Constitutional framers looked...members of the Constitutional Convention in the summer...before ratifying conventions in the states...North Carolina convention, delegate...by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay...
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Life of Unsung Founder, Roue Who Straddled Two Revolutions

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 3, 2003

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Brookhiser, Richard, Hamilton, Alexander

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...wounded Alexander Hamilton at Hamiltons...outspoken at the Constitutional Convention against letting...vituperated at the Constitutional Convention...the country a constitutional monarchy...had killed Hamilton and Morris...
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An American Monarchy? Bush Challenges the Framers

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 18, 2006

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United States. National Security Agency

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...out. During the 1787 Constitutional Convention, only six years after...chief he has "inherent Constitutional power" to act unilaterally...cites a member of the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton, who certainly favored...
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Warring under the Constitution

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 20, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...broken." During the Constitutional Convention, early drafts entrusted...legally enforceable constitutional constraints. Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist...for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: hamilton constitutional convention

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Constitutional Convention

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION in U.S. history...up. The Road to the Convention The government adopted...Virginia, Alexander Hamilton in New York, and James...calling of a general convention of the states to discuss...
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Hamilton, Alexander

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...Federalist Leader By 1780 Hamilton had outlined a plan...government. It was Hamilton who proposed at the unsuccessful Annapolis Convention (1786) that a constitutional convention be called...Federalist . In New York, Hamilton was a powerful constitutional...
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Hamilton, Andrew Jackson

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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HAMILTON, ANDREW JACKSON 1815 75, American...provisional governor by Andrew Johnson. Hamilton pressed for equal civil rights for whites and blacks, but the state constitutional convention (1866) rejected his program. As...
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Annapolis Convention

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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ANNAPOLIS CONVENTION 1786, interstate convention called by Virginia...achievement of the convention was the decision...drawn up by Alexander Hamilton and was sent to all...From that Federal Constitutional Convention was to...
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...STEPHENS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON 1812 83, American...state the short-lived Constitutional Union party. He voted...secession in the Georgia convention of 1861, but accepted...was a delegate to the convention in Montgomery, where...himself to the writing of Constitutional View of the Late War...

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