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+{{:documents:cosproject:surge:surge-3-1.png?800|We can’t walk boldly into our future, without first understanding our history.}}
-<blockquote>We can’t walk boldly into our future, without first understanding our history.
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 ===== Can We Trust the Constitution? Answering The “Runaway Convention” Myth =====
 **By Michael Farris, JD, LLM**
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 Ultimately, 12 states appointed delegates. Ten of these states followed the phrasing of the Annapolis Convention with only minor variations in wording (“render the Federal Constitution adequate”). Two states, New York and Massachusetts, followed the formula stated by Congress (“solely amend the Articles” as well as “render the Federal Constitution adequate”).
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+{{:documents:cosproject:surge:surge-3-2.png?800|History tells the story. The Constitution was legally adopted.
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+Now, let’s move on to getting our nation back to the greatness the Founders originally envisioned.}}
-The Constitution was legally adopted.
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-Now, let’s move on to getting our nation back to the greatness the Founders originally envisioned.
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 Every student of history should know that the instructions for delegates came from the states. In //Federalist 40//, James Madison answered the question of “who gave the binding instructions to the delegates.” He said: “The powers of the convention ought, in strictness, to be determined by an inspection of the commissions given to the members by their respective constituents [i.e. the states].” He then spends the balance of //Federalist 40 //proving that the delegates from all 12 states properly followed the directions they were given by each of their states. According to Madison, the February 21<sup>st</sup> resolution from Congress was merely “a recommendatory act.”