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Defending the Constitution: The Framers Did Not Violate Their Trust

Defending the Constitution: The Framers Did Not Violate Their Trust
The 1856 painting "Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787, signing of U.S. Constitution" by Junius Brutus Stearns. TeachingAmericanHistory.org via Wikimedia Commons
Rob Natelson
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This is the fifth in a series of essays defending the U.S. Constitution against common accusations against it. This essay examines the claim that the framers—the Constitution’s drafters—staged a coup d’état by proposing a new Constitution. As usually stated, the allegation is that:

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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