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After bitter debate and much negotiation, the delegates chose to count each slave as 3/5 of a person in a state's population total. It was not the only deal that the delegates made regarding slavery: to get South Carolina and Georgia to go along with greater congressional power to regulate commerce, state that would have preferred to immediately outlaw the importation of slaves agreed to permit it for 20 more years.
— Oct 02, 2025 08:58PM
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The Reconstruction amendments teach a hard lesson: the Constitution's superpower (it trumps the will of transient majorities) is also its Achilles' heel (it must withstand pressure from transient majorities). The law, even something as sturdy as constitutional law, is not enough to guarantee freedom. It is effective only if government officials have the courage to enforce it against a hostile citizenry.
— Oct 04, 2025 12:31PM
