May the Fourth Be With You
A long time ago in our very own galaxy, leaders of diverse political parties gathered to remedy problems that plagued the young republic that had been created by the Articles of Confederation. Their victory, earned during the Revolutionary War, had given them the right to pursue their own governance but they soon realized that they had missed the mark on their first attempt. They needed a better balance between federal and state rights and they needed to guarantee the rights of individual Americans. Supermajorities were needed before Congress could act and they couldn’t raise money through taxes. What laws they did enact could not be imposed upon the states and the federal government became a dependent appendage with no means to correct its mistakes. From state to state, individuasl had no certainty of their rights and privileges as citizens of the United States of America. Those were times of great uncertainty. Then came the Constitutional Convention, scheduled to start on May 14...