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#1546 The Founders and the Cutting Room Floor

Listening to America

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The Importance of Structure in the 1787 Constitution

The goal for the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was not to extend rights to women and that we were talking structure. But I also think it's fascinating to think how the country would have evolved differently if this had stayed in. So imagine if Jefferson had kept in wall of eternal separation. How would this have affected the discourse? Speculation is always my fun forte for me. It would have had consequences.

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