This week, we’ve been examining the argument that the Constitution was not legally adopted. Today on Home School Heartbeat, Mike Farris focuses on the role of Congress in the adoption process.
Michael Farris:
As we think through the question of whether or not the Constitution was illegally adopted, we tend to think about the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. But instead I would like to suggest that we think about the powers of Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
Congress had the authority to propose any changes to the Articles of Confederation to the state legislatures. And it was Congress who asked the convention in Philadelphia to prepare a draft document for the Congress to send out to the states. And so the first point of contact is this Congress. The Philadelphia Convention met, they made a series of recommendations, and they sent it back to the Congress. If the Philadelphia Convention had violated the terms of their orders, who was the body that was charged with supervising them? The answer is Congress. Rather than thinking that the Philadelphia Convention exceeded its authority, the Congress of the United States, still meeting in New York under the Articles of Confederation, unanimously approved the work of the Constitutional Convention and sent it on to the states.
What happened at the state level is also very important; we're going to deal with that on the next programs at Home School Heartbeat. It’s quite different from what most history books will teach you and what you will learn from the critics of the Constitution who believe that it was illegally adopted.
I’m Mike Farris.
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