{"id":5000,"date":"2012-07-05T11:38:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T17:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=5000"},"modified":"2012-07-05T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T17:38:57","slug":"the-american-people-have-not-suffered-a-blind-veneration-for-antiquity-madison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/the-american-people-have-not-suffered-a-blind-veneration-for-antiquity-madison\/","title":{"rendered":"The American people “have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity” — Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"

E.J. Dionne Jr.: The Founders\u2019 true spirit – The Washington Post<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Madison\u2019s lovely words in Federalist No. 14<\/a>. \u201cIs it not the glory of the people of America,\u201d Madison asked, \u201cthat, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity<\/font>, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience?\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n

We are a more philosophical people than we give ourselves credit for. Constitutional questions enter the political conversation in the United States more than in most countries because our diverse nation is bound by our founding principles, not by blood, race or ethnicity \u2026 <\/p>\n

Those who claim we can be so certain of the \u201coriginal\u201d intentions of the Founders should take note: If two of the authors of the Constitution came to such a stark point of disagreement so quickly, what exactly does \u201coriginalism<\/a>\u201d mean?<\/p>\n

Moreover, it is dangerous to turn the Founders into quasi-religious prophets who produced a text more like the Bible or the Talmud. It\u2019s neither. \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

E.J. Dionne Jr.: The Founders\u2019 true spirit – The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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