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by birdofhermes
834 days ago
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights See the historical notes under proposal and ratification, in particular the table of article revisions approved in 1789. The order of ratification was contingent on a series of historical accidents and has little to do with Madison’s (or any other individual founder’s) intentions. |
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Some of his proposals were removed, though, and one of those was resurrected two hundred years later.