User:The Founders Intent

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

♥♥♥♥DONATE♥♥♥♥


The Wikipedia Signpost
Volume 4, Issue 232008-06-02



Archives·Newsroom·Tip line·Single-page·Subscribe

Contents

[edit] INTRODUCTION

Welcome to my page. I'm interested in American Colonial History as it is related to the founding of the United States of America. I also like classic cars, helicopters, and American politics. I believe that the intent of the Founders written into the US Constitution was based on timeless truths about the virtues of government, the character of men, and the understanding of liberty. Any relation between the words of the Constitution and the defining issues of the time are coincidental to the inevitable cycles of history, which the Founders studied quite extensively. Therefore, the US Constitution is NOT a living document in the context of being something that should be interpretted and molded to each era's defining issues. The events around the American Revolution were merely an impetus to what should have been done in prior eras lacking an equivalent critical mass.


"On every question of construction carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." --Thomas Jefferson to William Johnson, 1823. ME 15:449

"As a guide in expounding and applying the provisions of the Constitution, the debates and incidental decisions of the Convention can have no authoritative character…[T]he legitimate meanings of the Instrument must be derived from the text itself; or if a key is to be sought elsewhere, it must be…in the sense attached to it by the people in their respective State Conventions, where it received all the authority which it possesses." Letter [Madison] to Thomas Ritchie, September 15, 1821

Both quotes refer to the state conventions as the prime reference for interpreting the Constitution.

The pivotal initiatives and writings by some of the Founders are ordinarily overlooked by most people, who do not study their history.



[edit] GOALS

I use Wikipedia quite often, and am amazed at the breadth and depth of topics. I would like to help on topics I'm knowledgeable in, so don't hesitate to ask. Also I hope to improve the appreciation of early American history. I also like improving the accuracy and format of articles, so you might find subtle changes after I edit. I don't consider myself a article creator (maybe occasionally), but will add here and there to make them better. I also try to assist in the fight against vandalism and sometimes to help on talk pages.




[edit] PERSONAL

Location: Flag of Virginia Virginia
Occupation: Engineer
Non-English languages: German
Favorite drink: Beer
Contribution Stats

יהוה

BSET This user has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology degree.
MEM This user has a Master of Engineering Management degree .
This user is proud to be an American.




This user is a citizen of the United States of America.
This user is proud to speak AMERICAN, not English.
This user lives in the
United States of America.




This user is a German American.
This user graduated from Old Dominion University.
This user graduated from The George Washington University.






[edit] PORTALS

Beer
Categories
Community Pump
Engineering
Germany
Technology

[edit] PROJECTS


This user is a member of Wikiproject U.S. Congress.
This user is a member of the
Military history WikiProject.
This user is a member of WikiProject Aircraft.




This user is a member of WikiProject Beer.
This user is a proud member of WikiProject Virginia.
This user is a member of the League of Copyeditors.




This user is a member of WikiProject Lacrosse.
This user is a member of WikiProject Automobiles.
This user is a member of WikiProject Fact and Reference Check.




Cat This user is part of WikiProject Categories, which aims to improve article categorization on Wikipedia.




[edit] SUB-PROJECTS AND TASK FORCES

Rotorcraft task force

This user is a member of the American Revolutionary War task force.






ARW articles needing attention

[edit] MY WORKSPACES

Sandboxes


My Userboxes
ToDo Lists
Passtime

This user loves solving Wikifun riddles.





/Sandbox profile
/Sandbox MEM
/Sandbox ScratchPad
/Sandbox Survivability
/Sandbox Userboxes
/Sandbox Translations
/Sandbox Air bags
/Sandbox Military
/Sandbox Article

[edit] TOOLS & SCRIPTS

Monobook
Classic
Modern

CUV

[edit] RESOURCES

Grammar Guide
Image help
Greg Goebels In the Public Domain
Wikicolleagues
Manual of Style
Refactoring Wiki Pages

[edit] FAVORITE BEERS

Hacker-Pschorr
Herrenhauser Brewery
Pilsner Urquell
Samuel Adams

[edit] COUNTRIES VISITED

Flag of Austria Austria  Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas  Flag of Belize Belize  Flag of Canada Canada  Flag of Cayman Islands Cayman Islands  Flag of France France  Flag of Germany Germany  Flag of Iceland Iceland  Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein  Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg  Flag of Mexico Mexico  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland  

[edit] US STATES & TERRITORIES VISITED

Flag of Alabama Alabama  Flag of Arizona Arizona  Flag of Arkansas Arkansas  Flag of California California  Flag of Colorado Colorado  Flag of Connecticut Connecticut  Flag of Delaware Delaware  Flag of Florida Florida  Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia  Flag of Illinois Illinois  Flag of Kansas Kansas  Flag of Kentucky Kentucky  Flag of Louisiana Louisiana  Flag of Maine Maine  Flag of Maryland Maryland  Flag of Massachusetts Massachusetts  Flag of Minnesota Minnesota  Flag of Mississippi Mississippi  Flag of Missouri Missouri  Flag of Montana Montana  Flag of New Hampshire New Hampshire  Flag of New Jersey New Jersey  Flag of New York New York  Flag of North Carolina North Carolina  Flag of Ohio Ohio  Flag of Oklahoma Oklahoma  Flag of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania  Flag of Rhode Island Rhode Island  Flag of South Carolina South Carolina  Flag of South Dakota South Dakota  Flag of Tennessee Tennessee  Flag of Texas Texas  Flag of Vermont Vermont  Flag of Washington Washington  Flag of West Virginia West Virginia  Flag of Wisconsin Wisconsin   Flag of Wyoming Wyoming  Flag of Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.  Flag of the United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands  

[edit] MORE USERBOXES


Follow the arrow




Committed identity: eb88b53fd2f36bf63eeb9291f3aa43b7235e4779 is a SHA-512 commitment to this user's real-life identity.