Today in Supreme Court History: September 28, 1787

9/28/1787: Confederation Congress adopts Constitution and sends it to the states.

The Constitution

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[Keldonric]

If the ratifying conventions had seen today — big federal agencies, national police powers, courts deciding family law — I think the debates would have gone a lot different. Federalists said powers would be “few and defined.” Anti-Federalists would point at D.C. now and say we told you so. States probably still want a union, but with tighter limits and some escape hatches written in.