I agree JD, we'd been better off doing what they were supposed to do, revise the Articles. Which is probably why the Patrick Henry's didn't even attend the Convention. George Will once quipped "we honor Jefferson but live in Hamilton's world."
>> "It’s appropriate that almost everything about “Constitution Day” is unconstitutional. Aside from administrative niceties like biennial elections, a fixed inauguration date, and two senators per state, the document it purports to honor is a dead letter." <<
I agree JD, we'd been better off doing what they were supposed to do, revise the Articles. Which is probably why the Patrick Henry's didn't even attend the Convention. George Will once quipped "we honor Jefferson but live in Hamilton's world."
Thank you. Unfortunately, that Will quote is correct.
Here's some of my scribbling on Hamilton vs. Jefferson, or, as Tom DiLorenzo might say “Hamilton's Curse!”
https://open.substack.com/pub/fredcarpenter204043/p/hamilton-vs-jefferson-why-we-live?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=slto0
>> "It’s appropriate that almost everything about “Constitution Day” is unconstitutional. Aside from administrative niceties like biennial elections, a fixed inauguration date, and two senators per state, the document it purports to honor is a dead letter." <<
I think Lysander Spooner would agree with you.
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/spooner-no-treason-no-vi-the-constitution-of-no-authority-1870