do you think it is possible today? why?
2006-09-13 09:23:50 · 8 answers · asked by tannerman_07 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
because they exceeded their mandate to amend the articles of confederation. I don't think it would happen today since we have a pretty good constitution.
2006-09-13 09:27:37 · answer #1 · answered by Brand X 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were convened to recommend amendments to the Articles of Confederation. Under the Articles, amendments required ratification by ALL states. What they did was write an entirely new Constitution that would take effect when ratified by 9 of the 13 states. In essence, they were overthrowing the existing federal government. If you were committing treason, you would be secretive too.
2006-09-13 20:43:51 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the press and the way the do their thing. for example, several years ago a San Antonio news paper ran a front page article "police beat child as mother watches". sounds terrible? the part the press didn't enter was the 'Child was about 6'2", over 200 lbs and put several of San Antonio's finest in the hospital. it's not all about releasing data, it's the slant that can be put on the data. what was writted happened, but what was written was also slanted
2006-09-13 18:16:47 · answer #3 · answered by ron m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were smarter than we are today. They learned early that a secret given to the Press is no longer a secret.
2006-09-16 00:16:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mr.Been there 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not uncommon for legislators and policymakers to meet in private. the supreme court meets in total privacy.
it's that they wanted to present a finished document... there was enough tension in the room. if they published daily updates on what they were doing, they might have had more difficulty ratifying it; some people would have fallen in love with ideas that ended up scrapped
I have no evidence to back up that this is how they thought, it's a guess.
2006-09-13 16:28:34 · answer #5 · answered by Aleksandr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did not want the deliberations to be made public so that they would not be unduly influences by what we call special interest groups. It is possible today if the group is small enough.
2006-09-13 17:37:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So they could debate freely without outside criticism.
2006-09-13 20:39:28 · answer #7 · answered by Rich H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes privacy could be a good thing for the government. our congress still meet in privacy at times.
2006-09-13 17:05:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋