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Background

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 August

[private |FP-Monthly|FP-Yearly|FP-Yearly-WLK|FP-Yearly-So76|FP-Founding Brother|FP-Founding Father|FP-Lifetime] [/private] This Day In Founders History –15 August On this day in 1787, the Federal Convention was in session, approving Article VI, Section 11, enacting the style for bills. They agreed to a three-fourths vote in order to override a Presidential veto, and they agreed to ten days instead of seven for the President to return bills. In 1776 on this day, General Nathanael Greene wrote […]

todayAugust 15, 2014 3

The Founders

What Really Happened At Start Of Federal Convention Of 1787, Pt. II

Interview With Kevin Gutzman Part II Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "On this day, on May the 29th -- I just went back and read the record from Farrand’s records last night.  This doesn’t have anything to do with James Madison, but I know you know about this.  I noted that at this juncture of the meeting on May the 29th, Judge Yates has yet to blow a gasket.  […]

todayJune 4, 2014 11

Transcripts

How Federal Convention That Produced Constitution Came About

Federal Convention and the Constitution Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "So how did they arrive in Philadelphia on the 14th of May 1787?  They were supposed to have this convention.  And why would we care about that today?  Well, the reason we ought to care about it is because of the pretenses under which they were meeting.  What Madison and Hamilton had told the public and what they had told […]

todayMay 18, 2014 7

The Founders

Madison Is Not The Sacred Oracle Of Nullification

James Madison Is Not The Sacred Oracle Of Nullification But Guess Who Is? Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Why should it all just come down to whatever James Madison said?  Madison was just one man after all.  It seems that you would find other opinions on this and other writings and other things that could help flesh out what it was those that framed the Constitution, and the framers of […]

todayJanuary 15, 2014 4

Transcripts

It Has Begun: The Plans For An Article V Amendment Convention!

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I’m sure you know, Senator Long, that prior to the election of Ronald Wilson Reagan, there was another gentleman who had a very similar effort over a balanced budget amendment Article V Amendment Convention.  They were very close to getting a convention called until the election of Reagan.  Reagan basically promised those gentlemen: Look, we’re going to deal with this budget deficit.  Of course, […]

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