tube_ee,Good stuff, the Federalist Papers...
But, do they have any standing in Constitutional Law? For example, while it is a document of high moral purpose and great clarity, the Declaration of Independence doesn't, at least so far as I've been able to figure out.
--Shannon
The two things are seperate yet connected, the Declaration was notifying the King we are no longer going to tolerate his abuses, and that we were going to be in and of ourselves our own Government.
Where as the Constitution was the Giude and rules that we here were and are going to be bound by.
The Federalist Papers, for the most part were news papers, of the sort that were published to garner support for the Constitution, by explainning the Articles and later the Bill of Rights so the people that were not able to read could hear the comments and discussions of the ones that could if you will, to gain an understanding of the Document they were being asked to vote to Ratify, which is why the Federalist papers carry so much weight today, as then, because they did explain the Constitution, and its meanings.