tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post3182020862994444726..comments2024-03-28T14:47:11.132-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: WHILE I WASN'T LOOKINGRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-65189254938139376662015-08-18T15:40:56.274-04:002015-08-18T15:40:56.274-04:00Right on!Right on!Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-43258623893718866172015-08-18T13:21:02.923-04:002015-08-18T13:21:02.923-04:00I've often thought that when conservative poli...I've often thought that when conservative politicians talk about the Constitution, and about the intent of the founders, their principal subtext is that they view the Reconstruction Amendments (the 13th, 14th, and 15th) as illegitimate. Those amendments really mark version 2.0 of the Constitution, a true re-founding of the republic.<br /><br />John Bingham should be considered one of the Founding Fathers, right up there with Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and James Wilson.mesnenorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813095598060277786noreply@blogger.com