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By: The Moral Liberal

The Moral Liberal — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:46:51 +0000

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By: Jon_Roland

Jon_Roland — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:32:53 +0000

It should be understood that this material from Tucker is his notes on his edition of Blackstone's Commentaries. For the complete 5-volume work including the notes see http://constitution.org/tb/tb-0000.htm

By: JMB

JMB — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:25:15 +0000

All inherent sovereign authority belongs to the people of our individual states.

By: Bob Greenslade

Bob Greenslade — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:43:10 +0000

Shortly after his death in 1850, John C. Calhoun’s essay entitled "A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States" was published in book form. Calhoun, who had been Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832 wrote the following:

"It is federal, because it is the government of States united in a political union, in contradistinction to a government of individuals, that is, by what is usually called, a social compact. To express it more concisely, it is federal and not national because it is the government of a community of States, and not the government of a single State or Nation."

Since Clyde Wilson is the editor of Calhoun's papers, I would be interested to hear his comments on Tucker vs. Calhoun on the social compact issue.

By: MichaelBoldin

MichaelBoldin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:31:42 +0000

I was intrigued, to say the very least, when reading that as well, but have not given it much thought. I do feel, though, that it is important to get the views in Views out to the public…

By: Bob Greenslade

Bob Greenslade — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:46:58 +0000

Thanks for posting this Michael.

I do, however, disagree with his assertions that the Constitution is in some way a social compact. Since the States, not the people, have the SOLE power of ratifying any amendments to the compact, it must be a political compact between the several States as sovereign political entities.

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