Question

The anti-Federalists lost and the Constitution was eventually adopted by the 13 states. However, many scholars argue that the anti-Federalists were still successful in defeat. How did the anti-Federalists still "win" ?

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Your Answer: is the emeritus William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and law at Stanford. He is the author of six books, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996), which won the Pulitzer Prize in History. And, he is a past president of the Society for the History of the Early American Republic.

Michael Rappaport is the Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego School of Law. He previously worked in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice. He’s the author of Originalism and the Good Constitution co-written with John McGinnis.

​​​​​​Jeffrey Rosen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center, the only institution in America chartered by Congress “to disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.”

Explanation: Your Explanation In early August 1787, the Constitutional Convention’s Committee of Detail had just presented its preliminary draft of the Constitution to the rest of the delegates, and the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists were beginning to parse some of the biggest foundational debates over what American government should look like. On this episode, we explore the questions: How did the unique constitutional visions of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists influence the drafting and ratification of the Constitution? And how should we interpret the Constitution in light of those debates today? Two leading scholars of constitutional history – Jack Rakove of Stanford University and Michael Rappaport of the University of San Diego School of Law – join host Jeffrey Rosen. Hope this Helps! :D Happy Early Christmas! :D