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		<title>Clarence Thomas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Minute with Bill Federer The U.S. Senate confirmed Clarence Thomas as a Justice on the Supreme Court on OCTOBER 15, 1991. When questioned by Senator Thurmond on judicial activism during the hearings, Clarence Thomas stated: The role of a judge is a limited one. It is to&#8230;interpret the Constitution, where called upon, but at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Behreandt: In Praise of Gridlock</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dennis Behreandt According to conventional wisdom, the U.S. government’s legislative process is broken. What’s more, this opinion is held on both sides of the aisle and by the media. If there is anything anyone in America can agree on about politics it’s that the U.S. government is hopelessly botched. Helpfully making the media’s case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers No. 63: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 63 Saturday, March 1, 1788 A fifth desideratum, illustrating the utility of a senate, is the want of a due sense of national character. Without a select and stable member of the government, the esteem of foreign powers will not only be forfeited by an unenlightened and variable policy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Madison &amp; the Attack on Washington DC</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/08/31/james-madison-the-attack-on-washington-dc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Minute with Bill Federer The British invaded Washington, D.C. The Capitol was burned. President James and Dolly Madison fled the White House. On SEPTEMBER 1, 1814, President Madison wrote: The enemy by a sudden incursion has succeeded in invading the capitol of the nation&#8230; During their possession&#8230;though for a single day only, they wantonly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers No. 62: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 62 Wednesday, February 27, 1788 HAVING examined the constitution of the House of Representatives, and answered such of the objections against it as seemed to merit notice, I enter next on the examination of the Senate. The heads into which this member of the government may be considered are: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers No. 56: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 56 Saturday, February 16, 1788 THE second charge against the House of Representatives is, that it will be too small to possess a due knowledge of the interests of its constituents. As this objection evidently proceeds from a comparison of the proposed number of representatives with the great extent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers No. 55: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 55 Wednesday, February 13, 1788 THE number of which the House of Representatives is to consist, forms another and a very interesting point of view, under which this branch of the federal legislature may be contemplated. Scarce any article, indeed, in the whole Constitution seems to be rendered more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers No. 54: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 54 Tuesday, February 12, 1788 THE next view which I shall take of the House of Representatives relates to the appointment of its members to the several States which is to be determined by the same rule with that of direct taxes. It is not contended that the number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers No. 51: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 51 Wednesday, February 6, 1788 TO WHAT expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers No. 50: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 50 Tuesday, February 5, 1788 IT MAY be contended, perhaps, that instead of occasional appeals to the people, which are liable to the objections urged against them, periodical appeals are the proper and adequate means of preventing and correcting infractions of the Constitution. It will be attended to, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers No. 48: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 48 Friday, February 1, 1788 IT WAS shown in the last paper that the political apothegm there examined does not require that the legislative, executive, and judiciary departments should be wholly unconnected with each other. I shall undertake, in the next place, to show that unless these departments be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers, No. 44: James Madison</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 44 Friday, January 25, 1788 A fifth class of provisions in favor of the federal authority consists of the following restrictions on the authority of the several States: 1. &#8220;No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers, No. 41: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 41 Saturday, January 19, 1788 THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or quantity of power which it vests in the government, including the restraints imposed on the States. The SECOND, to the particular structure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers, No. 39: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 39 Wednesday, January 16, 1788 THE last paper having concluded the observations which were meant to introduce a candid survey of the plan of government reported by the convention, we now proceed to the execution of that part of our undertaking. The first question that offers itself is, whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers, No. 37: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 37 Friday, January 11, 1788 IN REVIEWING the defects of the existing Confederation, and showing that they cannot be supplied by a government of less energy than that before the public, several of the most important principles of the latter fell of course under consideration. But as the ultimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THe Constitutional Covention and The Lord Building Up A Nation</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/06/27/the-constitutional-covention-and-the-lord-building-up-a-nation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Minute with Bill Federer The Constitutional Convention was in a deadlock over how large and small states could be represented equally. Some delegates gave up and left. Then, on JUNE 28, 1787, 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin spoke and shortly after, the U.S. Constitution became a reality. As recorded by James Madison, Franklin stated: &#8220;Groping as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers, No. 20: James Madison</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/06/21/the-federalist-papers-no-20-james-madison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, with Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 20 Tuesday, December 11, 1787 THE United Netherlands are a confederacy of republics, or rather of aristocracies of a very remarkable texture, yet confirming all the lessons derived from those which we have already reviewed. The union is composed of seven coequal and sovereign states, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Madison &amp; The War of 1812</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/06/18/james-madison-the-war-of-1812/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Minute with Bill Federer The War of 1812 began on JUNE 18, 1812. The British captured American ships and enslaved sailors. They incited Indians to capture Fort Mims, massacring 500 men, women and children. They captured the Capitol, burnt the White House, bombarded Fort McHenry and attacked New Orleans. Outraged, many volunteered for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers, No. 19: James Madison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, with Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 19 Saturday, December 8, 1787 THE examples of ancient confederacies, cited in my last paper, have not exhausted the source of experimental instruction on this subject. There are existing institutions, founded on a similar principle, which merit particular consideration. The first which presents itself is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers, No. 18: James Madison</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/06/14/the-federalist-papers-no-18-james-madison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, with Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 18 Friday, December 7, 1787 AMONG the confederacies of antiquity, the most considerable was that of the Grecian republics, associated under the Amphictyonic council. From the best accounts transmitted of this celebrated institution, it bore a very instructive analogy to the present Confederation of the American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Federalist Papers, No. 14: James Madison</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/06/09/the-federalist-papers-no-14-james-madison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, James Madison, Federalist No. 10 Friday, November 30, 1787 WE HAVE seen the necessity of the Union, as our bulwark against foreign danger, as the conservator of peace among ourselves, as the guardian of our commerce and other common interests, as the only substitute for those military establishments which have subverted the liberties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Constitution is Not What it Used to Be</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/05/22/the-constitution-is-not-what-it-used-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 21:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Henry Lamb When James Madison wrote “…nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation” into the Constitution, he really meant “for public use.” Over the years, the courts redefined “public use” to mean “whatever government wants to do with your land.” The Kelo v. New London decision drove the final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Madison: Prudent Jealousy, the First Duty of Citizens</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/04/13/james-madison-prudent-jealousy-the-first-duty-of-citizens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, James Madison It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens, and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: Sept. 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founders work out fine print in the Constitution. Mr. Gerry warns that the power of the govt. to buy land for buildings might be abused to buy up state lands.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: Sept. 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debated eligibility vs. ineligibility of Congressmen to federal offices, especially executive offices while serving in Congress. Emoluments also discussed.]]></description>
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		<title>The Chief Architect of the Constitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Minute with Bill Federer Called the &#8220;Chief Architect of the Constitution,&#8221; he wrote many of the Federalist Papers which helped convince States to ratify the Constitution. He introduced the First Amendment in the first session of Congress. This was James Madison, born MARCH 16, 1751. During the War of 1812, Madison proclaimed two National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: September 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 01, 1787. Report from the Commission of Eleven offers some refinements to wording of previously accepted motions.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: Aug. 31</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most significant discussion of the day centered on the need for conventions to ratify the Constitution. Why? So authority rested on the people not the states.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: The Federal Convention of 1787: August 30</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founders discussed requirements to admit new states, the ratification process, and religious tests. August 30, 1787]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: August 29</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debated 29 August 1787 at the Constitutional Convention: full faith and credit clause, commerce clause, admission of new states on equal standing. Editors Intro]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: The Federal Convention of 1787: August 28</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debates for 28 August 1787 on nullification, trial by jury, habeas corpus, free trade between states, paper money, ex post facto law, federal court jurisdiction]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787, August 25</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/02/17/madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-august-25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[25 August 1787. Founders debate over the payment of debts owed by the states.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: August 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His title shall be "His Excellency."  Agreed to by the delegates long before the new govt. was formed, exposing the fraud of the revisionist claim that Washington came up with this title and insisted on it.]]></description>
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		<title>James Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: August 22</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/01/31/james-madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-august-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sherman observed that the abolition of Slavery seemed to be going on in the U. S. and that the good sense of the several States would probably by degrees complete it.]]></description>
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		<title>James Madison and the Defense of Religious Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/01/24/james-madison-and-the-defense-of-religious-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/01/24/james-madison-and-the-defense-of-religious-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Minute with Bill Federer James Madison&#8217;s defense of religious freedom began when he stood with his father outside a jail in the village of Orange and heard Baptists preach from their cell windows. He wrote of another incident to William Bradford, JANUARY 24, 1774: &#8220;There are at this time in the adjacent Culpepper County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: The Federal Convention of 1787: 20 August</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/12/27/madisons-notes-the-federal-convention-of-1787-20-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debated "necessary and proper" clause, sumptuary laws, and most extensively, the definition of treason against the United States. Editor's summary provided.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: The Federal Convention of 1787, August 18</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/12/22/madisons-notes-the-federal-convention-of-1787-august-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debated: the necessity for the power for federal borrowing versus the danger, standing armies, federal versus state control of the militia, the need for select militia.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: August 17</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/12/17/madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-august-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate to sustain Treasurer, Federal govt. defines and punishes piracy, Federal army to suppress state rebellions and insurrections, Congress must declare war, President can repel sudden attacks.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787, August 15</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/12/02/madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-august-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Letters, 15 August 1787, James Madison _____________________ Editor&#8217;s Summary: Madison moved that all bills ought to be submitted not just to the President, but to the Supreme Court for approval, something that was done in England to insure that laws were both soundly written and Constitutional (this was not the first time this was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: The Federal Convention of 1787: August 14</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/12/01/madisons-notes-the-federal-convention-of-1787-august-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should members of the House be eligible to accept civil service jobs during or shortly after serving in Congress? And who should pay their salaries?]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: August 12</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/11/30/madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-august-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GERRY wished that in future the eligibility might be confined to Natives. Foreign powers will intermeddle in our affairs and spare no expense to influence them.]]></description>
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		<title>American Minute: John Knox and Glorifying God</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/11/24/american-minute-john-knox-and-glorifying-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1560, John Knox led Scotland to establish the Presbyterian Church. Today's American Minute offers a mini-bio of Knox.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: August 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madison and Rutlidge moved "that each House shall keep a journal of its proceeding &#038; shall publish the same from time to time; except such part ..."]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: August 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pinkney calls it essential that members of the Congress, Executive, &#038; Judiciary should be possessed of competent property to make them independent &#038; respectable]]></description>
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		<title>John Adams Became The First US President in the White House</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.]]></description>
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		<title>The Role of a Justice of The Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/10/15/the-role-of-a-justice-of-the-supreme-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The role of a judge is limited. It is to interpret the Constitution, where called upon, but at no point to impose his or her will or opinion in that process.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: August 8</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/10/11/madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-august-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/10/11/madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-august-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founders debate citizenship and state residency requirements for members of the House of Representatives, representation and taxation issues regarding slave states, and representation as per population.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes: The Federal Convention of 1787: 6 August</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/10/04/madisons-notes-the-federal-convention-of-1787-6-august/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/10/04/madisons-notes-the-federal-convention-of-1787-6-august/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Early Draft of the United States Constitution 6 August 1787]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The still undeveloped preamble began: "We the people of the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island ..."  Proposed constitution as of 6 Aug 1787.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes, Federal Convention of 1787, 26 July</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/09/29/madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-26-july/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/09/29/madisons-notes-federal-convention-of-1787-26-july/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As to popular election of a President: His election should be performed by those who know most of Eminent characters and qualifications; these know the least.]]></description>
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		<title>Madison&#8217;s Notes, The Federal Convention of 1787, July 23</title>
		<link>http://www.themoralliberal.com/2010/09/23/madisons-notes-the-federal-convention-of-1787-july-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Farrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Col. Mason explains why the people not the state legislatures must ratify the Constitution; otherwise, by any single legislative act the states could nullify it]]></description>
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