What case are you referring to?
Because there needed to be legislation to rule the new country with. The Constitution was not yet written, and this was what was there instead. After the Articles of Confederation failed, the Constitution was instituted and enforced.
He supported them because he wanted later to make a treaty with panama to construct the panama canal.
Explanation:
the founders made the amendment process difficult bcz they wanted to lock in the political deals that made the ratification of the Constitution possible.