July 25-26: Who Should Elect the President?
The Convention spent a considerable amount of time going around in circles regarding how to elect the President. For the most part, there was agreement that they ought not be chosen by the Legislature. So the question then became who was to choose presidents if not the legislature. Since this would be a national office, … Continue reading July 25-26: Who Should Elect the President?
Action Civics Should be Celebrated, Not Banned
Anthony L. Ives is an assistant professor in the department of political science at Texas A&M University. Regina M. Mills is an assistant professor of Latinx and Multi-Ethnic Literature in the department of english at Texas A&M University. This summer Florida state legislators unanimously voted to place new emphasis on civic education literacy and a … Continue reading Action Civics Should be Celebrated, Not Banned
July 25: Who Wrote the Virginia Plan?
On July 25, as the Convention moved gradually toward an Electoral College as the mode of choosing Presidents, Madison took a stand against appointment by Congress: Election by the legislature was, he said, liable to insuperable objections. Besides the general influence of that mode on the independence of the Executive, 1. the election of the Chief … Continue reading July 25: Who Wrote the Virginia Plan?
July 23 and 24: ‘The Authority of the People’
July 23 and 24 featured different debates with an overlapping theme: the extent and, perhaps more important, the nature of popular sovereignty. The question on July 23 was whether the proposed Constitution should be submitted to state legislatures or popular conventions for approval. Some of that dispute revolved around whether the state legislatures, which would … Continue reading July 23 and 24: ‘The Authority of the People’
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