20. James Madison, I Annals Of Congress 434 (June 8, 1789) 21. Nicholas J. Johnson Et Al., Firearms Law And The Second Amendment: Regulation, Rights, And Policy 282 (2nd Ed. 2018). 22. Thomas ...

The first prohibition was absolute but of limited duration—it was to be in force for only twenty years; the second was less ... Convention. As James Madison wrote in his notes, “This motion ...

In the words of James Madison: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed ...