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Table Annexed To Article: The Crittenden Amendment: The Key To American History, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: The Crittenden Amendment: The Key To American History, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
“Whereas, serious and alarming dissensions have arisen between the Northern and Southern States,” the Crittenden amendment (1860-1861) proposed “constitutional provisions, which shall do equal justice to all sections, and thereby restore to the people that peace and good will which ought to prevail between all the citizens of the United States.” So what was wrong with the 5,224 words of the federal constitution that these 1,348 words were going to fix?
محاسن دستور مكتوب من وراء ستار الجهل, Ahmed Souaiaia
محاسن دستور مكتوب من وراء ستار الجهل, Ahmed Souaiaia
Ahmed E SOUAIAIA
No abstract provided.
Table Annexed To Article: Text Of Early State Bills Of Rights, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Text Of Early State Bills Of Rights, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The thirteen newly-organized colonies (states) began to adopt Bills of Rights. These are presented in Constitutional Text Unit format and analyzed.
Table Annexed To Article: Dual Office Holding / Status Acquisition In The Federal Constitution: The Logic Of Aspirations Introduced, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Dual Office Holding / Status Acquisition In The Federal Constitution: The Logic Of Aspirations Introduced, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The federal constitution addresses a number of situations in which an aspirant to office or status must abide by requirements/prohibitions regarding dual office holding and status acquisition. The pertinent provisions are reviewed and logical aspects of this issue are introduced.
Recovered Textures In The Early Constitution: Schemes Vs. Dreams, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Recovered Textures In The Early Constitution: Schemes Vs. Dreams, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Are the Philadelphia Constitution and the Bill of Rights works of art? If so, how would critics describe these works in program notes? Contrast is the order of the day: the features of each one, played against the other. Goethe, Cervantes, Beethoven , Wagner and the divine Wolfgang are invoked, along with Pope, Richardson, and the Immortal Bard.
Crafting The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787: Tracking Delegates Blount, Few, Pierce And Butler, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Crafting The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787: Tracking Delegates Blount, Few, Pierce And Butler, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Tracking Paths of Four Men Who were Delegates and Attendees at both the 1787 Federal Convention and the 1787 Session of the Continental / Confederation Congress, when combined with internal quorum requirements of the Congress, yields significant information about the adoption of the Northwest Ordinance. First in a series.
Table Annexed To Article: What The Polar Bears Taught The Cops, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: What The Polar Bears Taught The Cops, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Charting of Shouldstatements is explored: while parliamentary procedure guides delegates at a constitutional assembly, who, in ordered discourse will tease out goodness, right and duty statements, the delegates could, on the voicing of any proposal, generate twelve statements by resort to a routine which deploys grammatically correct sentences.
Hamilton And Madison Deploy ‘Constitution’ In The Federalist Papers: Semantic Values Surveyed, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Hamilton And Madison Deploy ‘Constitution’ In The Federalist Papers: Semantic Values Surveyed, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The eighty-five Federal Papers (authors James Madison and Alexander Hamilton; John Jay contributed five) are justifiably famous as elaborations of constitutional structure and text, sans citation to the convention, understandably, since secrecy imposed by Standing Order on May 28th was continued indefinitely (at the pleasure/non-action of Congress) on September 17th. Counts on semantic value/s of ‘constitution’ and ‘constitutional’ are surveyed.
Officials Subject To Prohibitions In The Corrective Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Officials Subject To Prohibitions In The Corrective Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The Philadelphia Constitution created expressly or contemplated, by implication, 107 officials to employ the 91 CTUs (in 4,320) words by organizing and operating a new national government for the United States. Did the commitment to officialdom oblige the ratifying conventions to list some (but not all) prohibitions on official conduct? Or is the list of prohibitions nothing more or less than an alternate census of officialdom?
Table Annexed To Article: Franklin’S Dilemma: Per Capita Meets Per Stirpes At The Federal Convention, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Franklin’S Dilemma: Per Capita Meets Per Stirpes At The Federal Convention, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
At the federal convention, Benjamin Franklin highlighted the difference between the two voting regimes which divide the logical possibilities between them: per capita and per stirpes. Franklin forced the convention to consider what process was best designed to overcome the presumption of rejection by which assemblies are deemed to have rejected action.
The Joy Of Text And Numbers, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The Joy Of Text And Numbers, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The text writers of the Philadelphia Constitution divided their product into seven Articles, subdividing five of these Articles into Sections. This presentation was challenged by James Madison in his proposal for a Bill of Rights. What is the deeper understanding of assigning numbers (of one dimension) to text (of two dimensions)?
Table Annexed To Article: Color Me Adverb, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Color Me Adverb, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Adverbs are one of the principal – and most readily trackable – means by which writers of the English language color their output. Relying on ‘-ly’ adverbs (out of 3,732 total adverbs), adverb usage in the Philadelphia constitution is measured
Table Annexed To Article: Of ‘This’ And ‘That’ In The Early Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Of ‘This’ And ‘That’ In The Early Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The Early Constitution’s deployment of ‘that’ and ‘this’ are surveyed and tabled.
Table Annexed To Article: Color Me 'Not', Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Color Me 'Not', Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
‘Not’ makes thirty-four appearances in the Early Constitution which usages break down into sixteen logical ‘nots’ and eighteen abverbial instances. Results are surveyed.
Table Annexed To Article: What Happened On July 6, 1787 And Why It Matters, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: What Happened On July 6, 1787 And Why It Matters, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The first Standing Order of the Philadelphia convention provided for per stirpes voting, that is, voting by state, but set the quorum requirement at seven and the action requirement at four, that is, an arithmetic majority/majority. Divided states (delegates equal in number on each side of a question) were counted towards the quorum requirement. The significance of a disputed vote on July 6 is explained.
When You're 'Not' You're Hot: Why The Writers Of Our Corrective Constitution (1789-1804) Loved The Adverbial ‘Not’, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
When You're 'Not' You're Hot: Why The Writers Of Our Corrective Constitution (1789-1804) Loved The Adverbial ‘Not’, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The texture of Corrective Constitution varies dramatically from the Philaelphia Constitution. Take ‘not,’ which makes thirty-four appearances in the Early Constitution with seven uses of the abverbial ‘not’ employed in the twelve amendments drafted, adopted and ratified 1789-1804, which OCL names this Our Corrective Consitution. Bentham and Madison are surveyed to mine an explanation for variance in texture of the two constitutions.
Table Annexed To Article: Positive And Negative Colours In The Corrective Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Positive And Negative Colours In The Corrective Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The Corrective Constitution contains many more negative than positive colours, deploying ‘not,’ ‘nor,’ and ‘no’ twenty-five times in 903 words. Results are tabled and analysed.
Table Annexed To Article: Officials Subject To Prohibitions In The Corrective Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Officials Subject To Prohibitions In The Corrective Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Officials whose conduct is prohibited are identifiable through the text of the Corrective Constitution; results are surveyed.
Table Annexed To Article: ‘Theory’ And ‘Science’ In The ‘Abstract’ In The Federalist Papers, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: ‘Theory’ And ‘Science’ In The ‘Abstract’ In The Federalist Papers, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
OCL directs attention to the logics and feasibilities anterior to the crafting of constitutional text. The Federalist Papers is thoroughly committed to exploring these logics – spatial, discrete and predicate – insofar as the format (two thousand word articles in newspapers, offering comment on issues-of-the-day, especially ratification of the proposed Philadelphia constitution) will permit. The ninety-three ‘hits’ on ‘science,’ ‘logic,’ ‘math-,’ ‘abstract,’ ‘theory,’ and so forth receive due attention.
Table Annexed To Article: Who Were The Superfounders? And Why Does It Matter?, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Who Were The Superfounders? And Why Does It Matter?, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Thirty-two of the fifty-five delegates who attended the federal convention went on to attend a ratifying convention; twenty-five are Yes-Founders and one, Gov. Edmund Randolph, won his ‘SuperFounder’ status at the Virginia Ratifying Convention. Never before surveyed as a group, the table annexed names the SuperFounders and details their opposite numbers, the NoFounders.
Color Me Adverb: How The Convention Painted The Text Of The Philadelphia Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Color Me Adverb: How The Convention Painted The Text Of The Philadelphia Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Adverbs are one of the principal – and most readily trackable – means by which writers of the English language color their output. Relying on ‘-ly’ adverbs (out of 3,732 total adverbs), adverb usage in the Philadelphia constitution is measured
Table Annexed To Article: Machine-Readable Text Of The Early Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Machine-Readable Text Of The Early Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
A standardized format for presenting machine-readable text is offered. The Early Constitution’s 5,223 words appear without ‘Article,’ ‘Section,’ or other signals. Applications, including Voyant and proprietary programs, are best employed on text presented in such format. This development is explained.
Table Annexed To Article: Counting Syllables In The Bill Of Rights, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Counting Syllables In The Bill Of Rights, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
An experiment in deconstructing the Bill of Rights is offered. Each of the 461 words is broken into syllables and the numeric value (syllables per word) appears. Ten segments mirror the ten articles of Amendment.
Table Annexed To Article: Machine-Readable Text Of The Federalist Papers, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Machine-Readable Text Of The Federalist Papers, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Machine-readable text of The Federal Papers is presented as a resource for the reader of Our Constitutional Logic.
Table Annexed To Article: Officials Subject To Prohibitions In The Corrective Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Officials Subject To Prohibitions In The Corrective Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Officials whose conduct is prohibited are identifiable through the text of the Corrective Constitution; results are surveyed.
Table Annexed To Article: Counting Syllables In The Bill Of Rights, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Article: Counting Syllables In The Bill Of Rights, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
An experiment in deconstructing the Bill of Rights is offered. Each of the 461 words is broken into syllables and the numeric value (syllables per word) appears. Ten segments mirror the ten articles of Amendment.
The Colours Of The Constitution: More On Deep Structure And Logics Anterior, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The Colours Of The Constitution: More On Deep Structure And Logics Anterior, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
The colours of the Early Constitution, broken down into Philadelphia and Corrective Constitutions, and further subdividable, reveals our first glimpse of the deep structure of constitutional texts. An introduction to constitutional logic – or at least a presentation of the effects of its deployment in venue – demonstrates the divide between crafting responsibilities and disabilities, a divide taken seriously by text writers, even if it would come as a surprise to all but the good Doctor Franklin.
Table Annexed To Workshop Materials: Unanimous Decisions, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Table Annexed To Workshop Materials: Unanimous Decisions, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
How can so many unanimous decisions result from the decision-making of judges appointed by Presidents of different parties? Decisions (2000-2010) are surveyed.
Machine-Readable Text Of The Early Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Machine-Readable Text Of The Early Constitution, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
A standardized format for presenting machine-readable text is offered. The Early Constitution’s 5,223 words appear without ‘Article,’ ‘Section,’ or other signals. Applications, including Voyant and proprietary programs, are best employed on text presented in such format. This development is explained.
'Shall’ Vs. ‘Will’ In The Early Constitution: Yet Another Trans-Atlantic Dustup, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
'Shall’ Vs. ‘Will’ In The Early Constitution: Yet Another Trans-Atlantic Dustup, Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Divided by a large ocean and a common language, it’s not surprising that, yet again, empire and colony dispute, and this time, it's helping verbs, , as if taxation without representation weren’t enough of a sore point. Grammar surveyed; points scored.