From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the ConstitutionThis book tells how the Bill of Rights was amended to the Constitution and explains how that addition completed the Constitution by clarifying the status of the American people. |
Contents
THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER 1787 | 15 |
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS | 29 |
3 | 36 |
4 | 57 |
CONGRESSMAN MADISON | 75 |
REFLECTIONS ON PART | 96 |
THE DEBATE BEGINS | 105 |
7 | 127 |
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