POLS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Enumerated Powers, Direct Election, Connecticut Compromise
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Constitution lecture: abolish checks and balances, legacy of checks and balances. Status quo often wins: there are other possibilities. Key anti-federalists stayed away (cid:523)(enry (cid:498)smelt a rat(cid:499), jefferson was in. Anti-federalists didn"t know the articles in their entirety were threatened. George washington was persuaded to preside, lending legitimacy to the convention. James madison seized control of the convention: producing the well-developed and clearly federalist virginia plan. The federalists were richer, better-known, and better-organizes: two most famous attendees at the convention did not make significant substantive contributions. Ben franklin & george washington: two most active at constitutional convention. James wilson & gouverneur morris: organization of the constitution, only about 6 pages total (4,400 words, famous preamble: (cid:498)we the people(cid:499, then (cid:889) (cid:498)articles(cid:499) of widely varying lengths; longer articles are divided into sections. 2: article 1: congress ( of the constitution), 10 sections. Section 9: limitations on the powers of congress.
