The 9-12 Project of Virginia is dedicated to educating
ourselves and others on the Constitution. We are
actively engaged in activities to restore our country
to one of morals and values. We believe in
limited government, community, and personal responsibility.
This is a non-partisan group. We are AMERICANS.
The 9-12 Book Club & Constitution Study Group
In
drafting the Constitution, the delegates consulted the wisdom of the ages,
sifting through the contemporary political tracts of their own day, as well as
the histories of ancient civilizations. They understood
power to be corrupting and humans to be subject to their worst instincts. The debates inside the meeting room were heated
and contentious. The delegates examined every phrase of the constitution through
the prism of the conflicting interests they represented: large states and small
states, states with commercially based economies versus states with slave-based
agricultural economies. History, political theory, their own interests, and
devotion to the American experiment, all informed their thinking, as they
hammered out a practical scheme of government.
The Constitution of the United States is NOT a suggestion!
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Kimberly Amos
Virginia Beach, VA
e-mail: kim@912vabeach.com