Constitutional chaff.
Subtitle: Rejected suggestions of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, with explanatory argument.
By: Compiled by Jane Butzner from the notes of James Madison ... Major William Pierce ... Dr. James McHenry ... Rufus King ... and the Honorable Robert Yates ...
Contributors: Madison, James, 1751-1836.; Pierce, William, 1740-1789.; McHenry, James, 1753-1816.; King, Rufus, 1755-1827.; Yates, Robert, 1738-1801.; Butzner, Jane, 1916- comp.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1941
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: United States -- Constitution.
Notes: "The source of the notes from which this book was compiled is, Documents illustrative of the formation of the union of the American states, House documents no. 398, 69th Congress, first session."--Pref.
Appendices: A. What the authors of the Constitution thought about the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.--B. What the authors of the Constitution thought about a limitation on the number of terms for the president.--C. Character sketches of the delegates to the Constitutional convention, by Major William Pierce.--D. The Constitution of the United States.