How to Build a Nation in 15 Weeks

Week 15, Part 2: Don’t Forget a Bill of Rights


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Mason seeks a few hours to add a Bill of Rights. The delegates reject the idea, but regret it later. Everyone ends up with a different understanding of the commerce clause. The delegates have a raucous party at the City Tavern, rally the next morning for a long day, agree to ban domestic emoluments, settle on the President’s pardon power, and decide not to do this again. The Patterson team discusses the tonnage clause and whether a President can pardon himself.

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How to Build a Nation in 15 WeeksBy Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

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