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> you clearly have not read the Federalist Papers If by that you mean, cover-to-cover since the Con Law course during the first semester of law school, then ye

> you clearly have not read the Federalist Papers If by that you mean, cover-to-cover since the Con Law course during the first semester of law school, then yeah, you're right. > In general the government that governs the least, governs the best That'd be true if men were angels. (And yeah, I do mean men, pretty much; we'd likely all be a lot better off if women ran things.) The whole reason the Framers wrote the Constitution was that the Articles of Confederation were based on the "governs least" principle, and that didn't work out too well.

syshum 5y ago
So your entire response boils down to sexist misandry combined with and appeal to authority fallacy and/or credentialism... Awesome... >>The whole reason the Framers wrote the Constitution was that the Articles of Confederation were based on the "governs least" principle, and that didn't work out too well. Well had been alive in that time, I would have been an Anti-Federalist, The Anti-Federalist have been proven right in their fears of what the Federal Government would become, and Madison has been proven wrong time and time again. However it is complete mischaracterization to proclaim that the Article of Confederation was either a "governs least" document, or collapsed because of it. The Article of Confederation collapsed not because the federal government governed too little, but rather there was no actual separation of powers between the States and the Federal Government. The purpose of the Constitution was that the States (and the people) would enumerate limited powers to the exclusive domain of the new Federal Government (foreign Trade being one of them, and national defense) but all others would be reserved to the people and the States. Creating a Separate but Equal government, not a superior government The Articles of Confederation the Confederacy could not enter in to any trade deals with other nations or pay any obligations because it had no actual authority to act on behalf of the states. The idea that is because it need to "govern more" at that State level is simply false, and Historically ignorant.

syshum 5y ago

So your entire response boils down to sexist misandry combined with and appeal to authority fallacy and/or credentialism... Awesome... >>The whole reason the Framers wrote the Constitution was that the Articles of Confederation were based on the "governs least" principle, and that didn't work out too well. Well had been alive in that time, I would have been an Anti-Federalist, The Anti-Federalist have been proven right in their fears of what the Federal Government would become, and Madison has been proven wrong time and time again. However it is complete mischaracterization to proclaim that the Article of Confederation was either a "governs least" document, or collapsed because of it. The Article of Confederation collapsed not because the federal government governed too little, but rather there was no actual separation of powers between the States and the Federal Government. The purpose of the Constitution was that the States (and the people) would enumerate limited powers to the exclusive domain of the new Federal Government (foreign Trade being one of them, and national defense) but all others would be reserved to the people and the States. Creating a Separate but Equal government, not a superior government The Articles of Confederation the Confederacy could not enter in to any trade deals with other nations or pay any obligations because it had no actual authority to act on behalf of the states. The idea that is because it need to "govern more" at that State level is simply false, and Historically ignorant.