{"product_id":"compact-of-the-republic-david-benner-9780692484265","title":"Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution","description":"The United States Constitution was a concerted response to an age of tyrannical kings and highly centralized government. As history reveals, such political authority had to be challenged directly - by local units and causes - to preserve liberty and ensure public happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCompact of the Republic demonstrates that the Constitution did not impose a nationalist, superlative central government, and was not ratified by \"one American people\" in the aggregate. Instead, the document was the product of a multi-party arrangement, where the states remained the masters of their own creation and the pillars of the federal system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Compact of the Republic, historian David Benner: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Reveals that representatives were assured that delegated power could be reclaimed by the states following acts of federal overreach and usurpation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Explains the historical foundation behind the Bill of Rights, and traces the limitations on government to the actions of malevolent kings \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Proves the Constitution acknowledges the states in the plural, as a collection of sovereign societies with varied interests \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Demonstrates that the \"elastic clauses\" were clearly explained during the ratification campaign, and leave no room for modern reinterpretation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Describes how the federal judiciary now overturns state laws it has no jurisdiction over, to the contrary of its original scope of power \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Explains why Thomas Jefferson and James Madison believed that unconstitutional federal laws had to be opposed, nullified, and obstructed by the states \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Illustrates that ratification was secured only by convincing opponents of the Constitution that the document would produce a nominal general government with limited, enumerated powers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Benner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692484264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692484265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Life \u0026amp; Liberty Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"David Benner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946982146303,"sku":"9780692484265","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c321ffe1-7b71-4894-a58d-ff352902b300.jpg?v=1681516012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/compact-of-the-republic-david-benner-9780692484265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}