Robert Baldwin

[Robert Baldwin @rwbwin]

Akhil Reed Omar argues the constitution created a national government grounded in popular sovereignty in his book The Words that Made Us. It seems he’d describe your view as a modern extension of Calhoun’s arguments which were rejected by Jackson and most contemporaries in the lead up to the Civil War.

States were exercising their sovereignty under the Articles of Confederation in choosing to ratify the constituion, after which they would be bound. Madison (aligned w/ Jefferson in advocating states rights later on) emphasized adoption “in toto, and for ever” at the Poughkeepsie convention.

Primary sources referenced to support the view are numerous: the ratification debates in 1788at the Poughkeepsie convention, the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution itself, Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798.

Amendments to introduce income tax, direct election of senators, as you mention weaken federalism and centralize power further. While lamentable encroachments on the ideals of liberty and freedom, those changes were made by the very amendment process laid out in the Constitution. And could well be rolled back with future amendments.

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Someone just bought a $10M home in Atherton with a flat fee agent.

They paid $8,995 and got back $245k at closing.

percentage-based fees for buying are dumb

[Robert Baldwin @rwbwin]

@TopherNOW LEASE GPT