How did the Massachusetts Constitution influence the writing of the United States Constitution?

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Spirit of All Good asked:

How did the Massachusetts Constitution meld the two basic American constitutional principles that (a) all power is derived from the people and (b) the difference between fundamental law in a constitution versus statutory law in a legislative bill?

I am writing a paper for Constitutional History/Law course.






One Response to 'How did the Massachusetts Constitution influence the writing of the United States Constitution?'

  1. billy2silly - February 27th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    I don’t think it did at all.


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