6400:220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thirteen Colonies, Dominick Fernow, Judicial Activism
3 Feb 2018
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No other constitution has lasted so long, governed so many, or withstood such challenge. Was drafted in 1787, when two weeks were needed to make the horseback ride from boston to philadelphia, a pair of young cities in a weak and disorganized nation. The constitution sits above everything else, no law can con ict with it. The constitution has stayed relevant in the face of changing social mores, times, and technology. Thirteen american colonies declared independence from great britain in 1776, and gained it in. The states were governing themselves under the articles of confederation, but these gave the central government no real power. The government could not tax any state or its citizens and had no way to raise money, also lacked the power to regulate commerce between the states or between foreign nations and any state. States began to impose taxes on goods entering from other states.
