DDH - The Rising Sun

Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast · Sep 13, 2022 · 35m

We have - today - an almost scriptural reverence for the founding document of the United States government, the Constitution. To listen to most conservatives speak of the Framers is almost like going to church. They were, it seems, infallible. In fact, at least one painting in our own Capitol building portrays one Framer as being apotheosized.

But this week in 1787, the true feelings were more than a bit different. As the Convention reached its final days, some of the rancor was in danger of boiling over into loud arguments.

On the final day, the President of the Convention at last broke his…