MMC 3200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Prior Restraint, Pure Speech, Symbolic Speech
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Group of merchants, planters, professionals; none were full-time politicians; members of the economic, social and intellectual aristocracy of their states. Some came to modify the articles; others knew there needed to be a new constitution. A new govt. charter was made far different from the articles; it gave vast powers to the central govt. (the state remained supreme but in many matters, they were under the rule of the federal govt. The inclusion of a bill of rights was not included until the last days of the convention. A go(cid:448)er(cid:374)or state that the co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) did (cid:374)ot repeal the state"s de(cid:272)laratio(cid:374) of rights a(cid:374)d therefore there was no need for it to be included. The new constitution was not made without opposition; its adoption was a hard fight. The failure to include a bill of rights was a complaint made against the document. A lack of guarantee of political rights in the charter.
