There's a few blind spots in the way we teach this period in history (pre-Revolution up to Constitution. Call it 1763 - 1787). For one thing: why didn't the Canadian and Caribbean colonies join in the revolt? Hm??? Never even comes up, does it?
But back to the topic. We all know about the Federalist papers arguing FOR the new Constitution. Nobody ever talks about the ANTI Federalist papers (you might hear of the Anti-Federalist party, maybe a little). Well, they exist:
https://thefederalistpapers.org/anti-federalist-papers
I don't ever feel like I have the time, but it would be interesting to review and see how right they were. For example:
https://thefederalistpapers.org/antifed ... aper-78-79
Does anyone doubt that our true rulers are now the courts? Followed closely by civil servants who openly declare their intent to rule in whatever way they personally choose?The supreme court under this constitution would be exalted above all other power in the government, and subject to no control. The business of this paper will be to illustrate this, and to show the danger that will result from it. I question whether the world ever saw, in any period of it, a court of justice invested with such immense powers, and yet placed in a situation so little responsible...
[the authors of the constitution] have made the judges independent, in the fullest sense of the word. There is no power above them, to control any of their decisions. There is no authority that can remove them, and they cannot be controlled by the laws of the legislature. In short, they are independent of the people, of the legislature, and of every power under heaven....
The power of this court is in many cases superior to that of the legislature. I have showed, in a former paper, that this court will be authorised to decide upon the meaning of the constitution; and that, not only according to the natural and obvious meaning of the words, but also according to the spirit and intention of it. In the exercise of this power they will not be subordinate to, but above the legislature...If, therefore, the legislature pass any laws, inconsistent with the sense the judges put upon the constitution, they will declare it void;