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An American Tale Told by an Idiot
An American Tale Told by an Idiot
Essays on the Constitution and other Mythical American Documents
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The Bill of Rights

Note: This is part of an ongoing written piece following the discussion of Articles IV through VII in this same Publication.

The Constitution became official law in June of 1788. How long do you think it took before someone decided it needed to be fixed?


The Constitution — Article III

Note: This is part of an ongoing written piece following the discussion of Article II in this same Publication.

Looking back at the Articles of Confederation, there was language related to the creation of “ad-hoc” courts to settle disputes between…


The Constitution — Article II

Note: This is part of an ongoing written piece following the discussion of the Preamble and Article I in this same Publication.

Article II describes the powers and responsibilities of the President. Remember that the Articles only mentioned the…


The Articles of Confederation

So far we’ve talked about the Pilgrims and the Declaration of Independence. Before we can talk about the Constitution (which is the ultimate goal of this publication) we first have to visit the original set of laws created by the former colonists as they sought to establish…