Maggie's Farm

I think the question is a straw man - Post hoc ergo propter hoc will not explain the inherent flaw that all men have, especially when we have attempted to govern ourselves in the face of these flaws.

On the one hand, we have mankinds history where slavery, brutality, the press of one's foot upon another's neck, and we acknowledge that these have been the norms of mankind's existence. On the other, we have our glorious experiment, based on individual liberties, the Rule of Law, and know them to be fragile blossoms which will wither if not watered and fed properly through education, societal norms and civic duty.

Given this stark contrast, I submit that it wouldn't have mattered whether The Constitution would have been written to Madison's desire, or as it stands written in it's current form, nor even if it had been written to explicitly and absolutely state both the firm limitations on government AND a reiteration of universal rights! The corrupt would have found a way to twist the words even as they now declare everything to be under the commerce act (thus destroying the 10th amendment in it's application).

Evil always will find a way, which is why each generation must fight it. We'll see if we measure up to the challenge of the times, when all is said and done.

respectfully,

CGVet58