Title: US Soldier Demands Apology From Senator Claire McCaskill at Town Hall Source:
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He's so cute in his cheap little business suit, quoting the Founders and the Constitution.
Of course, we live in the third era of constitutional law and these arguments were defeated and discarded by the war criminal Lincoln at the beginning of the second constitutional era, that which was founded on the ideas of Alexander Hamilton.
It's rather quaint to see that anyone still takes it so seriously.
Of course, we live in the third era of constitutional law and these arguments were defeated and discarded by the war criminal Lincoln at the beginning of the second constitutional era, that which was founded on the ideas of Alexander Hamilton.
It's rather quaint to see that anyone still takes it so seriously.
Jefferson Davis rejected Hamiltonian Federalism as a far back as the 1830's and was a strict constitutional constructionist. Of course, we all see the results of that misguided patriotism: a devastating war and "reconstruction".
Jefferson Davis rejected Hamiltonian Federalism as a far back as the 1830's and was a strict constitutional constructionist. Of course, we all see the results of that misguided patriotism: a devastating war and "reconstruction".
Actually, one can view the Articles of Confederation, apart from the slavery provisions, as a quite noble and admirable document in safeguarding liberty. Writers like Lew Rockwell consider them to be superior to our own constitution and Bill of Rights. Of course, it was a hindsight document which addressed shortcomings (from the southern viewpoint) of the original constitutional order so that in order to gain support and trust, the Confederacy had to offer corrections to the perceived defects of the Union.
Keep in mind that Lincoln at one point offered to allow the expansion of slavery in new states on a roughly status quo basis so let us not entertain this delusion that Lincoln was in any way significantly opposed to the institution of slavery; far from it, he took his wife and children to his in-law's plantation every year where they no doubt enjoyed mint juleps served by some mammy or Uncle Tom.
The Confederate South was, in many respects, the last gasp of our Republic and the intents of our Founders. Of course, the exigencies of war stripped it of most of its merits and nobility. This is not uncommon to civil institutions anywhere in the world which fail most visibly in times of crisis.
You are confusing the Articles of Confederation, the constitution the United States used before our current constitution, with the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
The Articles of Confederation was ratified by the Continental Congress, and provided the groundwork for our first national government. It left total sovereignty to the states, and didn't allow the government to tax. It was also a failure, it was basically a United Nations of America. The states did what they wanted. Its failure led to the US constitution.
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America, was the constitution the Confederacy used during its rebellion. It is pretty much a word for word copy of the US Constituion at the time with a few changes. The President had a six year term, but was limited to only one term. It also required each bill only dealt with one issue (a pretty dam good idea if you ask me). The only states right it added was the power to enslave fellow human beings.
The Confederate South was, in many respects, the last gasp of our Republic and the intents of our Founders.
Lost cause propaganda. The South was controlled by landholding elite, like the north was controlled by industrial elite. The CSA in action was much more authoritarian than the USA, even if you ignore the fact its enslaved 40% of its citizens.
The civil war was a battle between agricultural elite and industrial elite.