docwill wrote:
Not one in a hundred of all the self-appointed "Constitutional scholars," pundits, academics, pressure group leaders (gun-control), politicians including, I would wager, our POTUS seems to knew of or understand The Federalist Papers...
It must be wonderful that you understand the constitution and our founding fathers better than anyone else. Obama was only head of the Harvard law review. He probably was able to do that without reading anything. You probably know more than him.
The founding fathers have been interpreted by many scholars. They tend to take their leanings with them. I think the founding fathers wanted citizens to have a say in their government. That's why they actually wrote the constitution that way.