A Pox on Both Your Houses, Part II: Anti-Originalist Historians
Historians' ready embrace of Madison’s Hand calls into question their purported qualifications for understanding constitutional history.
James Madison. Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (77.00.01) [Digital ID# us0077_01p1]A Pox on Both Your Houses, Part I: Anti-Historical Originalists
If they are to maintain credibility with those who are not already sold on their views, originalists need to respect the discipline of history.
Constitution of the United States of America. Signature page of four pages of the National Archives copy created in the Constitutional Convention in 1787. (Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com)