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    The U.S. Constitution: Anti-Federalist Edition
    The U.S. Constitution: Anti-Federalist Edition
    The U.S. Constitution: Anti-Federalist Edition
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    The U.S. Constitution: Anti-Federalist Edition

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    The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America, and worthy of study. In formation though, the path to adoption was not without dissent: the Anti-Federalist movement was against the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government, and vocally opposed the ratification of the Constitution, because the Articles of Confederation originally gave state governments more authority. Led by Patrick Henry of Virginia, Anti-Federalists worried, among other things, that the position of president might evolve into a monarchy. A selection of Anti-Federalist writings is presented with this edition of the the U.S. Constitution, so that their perspective might be examined in context.
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    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateMar 19, 2014
    ISBN9781627555050
    The U.S. Constitution: Anti-Federalist Edition
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    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States. William Peden is professor emeritus of English at the University of Missouri.

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      The U.S. Constitution - Thomas Jefferson

      The U.S. Constitution

      Anti-Federalist Edition

      by The Committee of Detail

      John Rutledge, of South Carolina

      Edmund Randolph, of Virginia

      Nathaniel Gorham, of Massachusetts

      Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut

      James Wilson, of Pennsylvania

      & The Committee of Style

      William Samuel Johnson, of Connecticut

      Alexander Hamilton, of New York

      Gouverneur Morris, of Pennsylvania

      James Madison, of Virginia

      Rufus King, of Massachusetts

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      Contents

      The United States Constitution

      Preamble

      Article I. — The Legislative Branch

      Article II. — The Executive Branch

      Article III. — The Judicial Branch

      Article IV. — The States

      Article V. — Amendment

      Article VI. — Debts, Supremacy, Oaths

      Article VII. — Ratification Documents

      Amendments to the Constitution

      Amendment I — Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression

      Amendment II — Right to Bear Arms

      Amendment III — Quartering of Soldiers

      Amendment IV — Search and Seizure

      Amendment V — Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings

      Amendment VI — Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses

      Amendment VII — Trial by Jury in Civil Cases

      Amendment VIII — Cruel and Unusual Punishment

      Amendment IX — Construction of Constitution

      Amendment X — Powers of the States and People

      Amendment XI — Judicial Limits

      Amendment XII — Choosing the President, Vice-President

      Amendment XIII — Slavery Abolished

      Amendment XIV — Citizenship Rights

      Amendment XV — Race No Bar to Vote

      Amendment XVI — Status of Income Tax Clarified

      Amendment XVII — Senators Elected by Popular Vote

      Amendment XVIII — Liquor Abolished

      Amendment XIX — Women’s Suffrage

      Amendment XX — Presidential, Congressional Terms

      Amendment XXI — Amendment 18 Repealed

      Amendment XXII — Presidential Term Limits

      Amendment XXIII — Presidential Vote for District of Columbia

      Amendment XXIV — Poll Tax Barred

      Amendment XXV — Presidential Disability and Succession

      Amendment XXVI — Voting Age Set to 18 Years

      Amendment XXVII — Limiting Congressional Pay Increases

      Anti-Federalist Papers

      I. Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention 1788

      II. Brutus/Robert Yates November 1, 1787 To the Citizens of the State of New-York

      III. Centinel/Samuel Bryan October 5, 1787 To the Freemen of Pennsylvania

      IV. The Federal Farmer to the Republican October 8th, 1787

      V. Candidus/Samuel Adams Essay in the Boston Gazette, Oct. 14, 1771

      VI. Cato/George Clinton September 27, 1787 For the New York Journal

      VII. Luther Martin, March 28, 1788

      The

      United States

      Constitution

      as collectively composed

      by The Committee of Detail

      John Rutledge, of South Carolina

      Edmund Randolph, of Virginia

      Nathaniel Gorham, of Massachusetts

      Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut

      James Wilson, of Pennsylvania

      & The Committee of Style

      William Samuel Johnson, of Connecticut

      Alexander Hamilton, of New York

      Gouverneur Morris, of Pennsylvania

      James Madison, of Virginia

      Rufus King, of Massachusetts

      Preamble

      We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

      Article I.

      The Legislative Branch

      Section 1. — (The Legislature)

      All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

      Section 2. — (The House)

      The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

      No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

      (Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.) (The previous sentence in parentheses was modified by the 14th Amendment, section 2.) The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five and Georgia three.

      When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

      The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

      Section 3. — (The Senate)

      The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature thereof,) (The preceding words in parentheses superseded by 17th Amendment, section 1.) for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.

      Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; (and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.) (The preceding words in parentheses were superseded by the 17th Amendment, section 2.)

      No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

      The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

      The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.

      The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

      Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust

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