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Exposition Of The Federal Constitution - Softcover

James Madison

 
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Synopsis

Exposition Of The Federal Constitution: Contained In The Report Of The Committee Of The Virginia House Of Delegates; To Whom Were Committed The Proceedings, Of Sundry Of The Other States, In Answer To The Resolutions Of The General Assembly, Of The 21St Day Of December, 1798, Commonly Called by James Madison. This volume presents James Madison's exposition of the U.S. Constitution, framed as the Virginia Committee's report on inter-state responses to Virginia's December 1798 resolutions and the federal government's Alien and Sedition Acts. It includes prefatory material, the Virginia House of Delegates' report and debate extracts, and communications from Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont; a long editorial dialogue on the nature of federalism, the limits of congressional power under the Necessary and Proper Clause, the 10th Amendment, and the role of the judiciary. The work defends a strict construction of the Constitution and emphasizes state sovereignty and interposition against federal overreach. It is a foundational primary source for early American constitutional thought and federal-state relations.

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