tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009239175020341445.post7608709508951938811..comments2022-03-29T17:43:03.236-04:00Comments on History Book Club: Founding Documents of the United StatesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009239175020341445.post-11643401632651178662013-12-18T17:12:36.690-05:002013-12-18T17:12:36.690-05:00Excellent summary. I have since picked up a book ...Excellent summary. I have since picked up a book on the Federalist Papers, here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226213005/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1<br /><br />It seems that, all in all, the Constitution set out a structure for government and left out nearly all specifics, leaving that for future generations to do in order to adapt it to changing conditions over time. At any given time the Constitution may be interpreted to mean different things. Interpretations made by liberal Supreme Courts, for example, can be and have been reversed or modified by later, more conservative Courts.<br />Blogs by Allen J. Wienerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16479972736013211241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009239175020341445.post-74449598924530302132013-12-15T05:50:15.042-05:002013-12-15T05:50:15.042-05:00I just came across this letter from Thomas Hutchin...I just came across this letter from Thomas Hutchinson, who had been the British governor of Massachusetts to an English aristocrat giving Hutchinson's explanation of the Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. It makes interesting reading: http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_content&task=view&id=1130&Itemid=264John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.com