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The Significance Of Signatures: Why The Framers Signed The Constitution And What They Meant By Doing So, Michael Coenen
The Significance Of Signatures: Why The Framers Signed The Constitution And What They Meant By Doing So, Michael Coenen
Journal Articles
The signing of the U.S. Constitution is traditionally understood as the closing act of the Constitutional Convention. This Note provides an alternative account, one that understands the Constitution’s signing as the opening act of the ratification campaign that followed in the Convention’s wake. To begin, the Note explains the signatures’ ambiguous form as the product of political maneuvering designed to win support for the Constitution during ratification. The Note then hypothesizes two ways in which the signatures may have helped to secure this support: (1) by highlighting pro-Constitution selling-points likely to resonate with the ratifying public; and (2) by limiting …
Alden V. Maine: Protecting The States At The Expense Of The People, Sarah Louise House
Alden V. Maine: Protecting The States At The Expense Of The People, Sarah Louise House
Louisiana Law Review
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"Never Intended To Be Applied To The White Population": Firearms Regulation And Racial Disparity -- The Redeemed South's Legacy To A National Jurisprudence?, Raymond T. Diamond, Robert J. Cottrol
"Never Intended To Be Applied To The White Population": Firearms Regulation And Racial Disparity -- The Redeemed South's Legacy To A National Jurisprudence?, Raymond T. Diamond, Robert J. Cottrol
Journal Articles
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The American Constitutional Experience: Remarks Of The Chief Justice, William H. Rehnquist
The American Constitutional Experience: Remarks Of The Chief Justice, William H. Rehnquist
Louisiana Law Review
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Constitutional Revision By Amendment - A Louisiana Tradition, Z. Melissa Lawrence
Constitutional Revision By Amendment - A Louisiana Tradition, Z. Melissa Lawrence
Louisiana Law Review
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The Slaughter-House Cases - Revisited, Loren P. Beth
The Slaughter-House Cases - Revisited, Loren P. Beth
Louisiana Law Review
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