The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes - Joseph L. Smith
2. Who Wrote the Constitution?
The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes - Joseph L. Smith
Madison Shanks [+]
University of South Carolina
Madison Shanks is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of South Carolina. Her work focuses on attorney strategy in criminal cases at the U.S. Federal District Courts.
Kirk A. Randazzo [+]
University of South Carolina
Kirk A. Randazzo is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. His research focuses on constraints to judicial behavior, the balance between liberty and security in foreign policy litigation, and the role of courts in democratic consolidation.
Description
Though we often think of the framers as a single group, the reality is more complex. Each delegate represented the interests of his state in discussion around several tensions, including those of representation and economic regulation. This ultimately led to several compromises that serve as the foundation of the U.S. Constitution.