As one of America’s most notorious founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton has become a cultural icon as the star of a modern Broadway musical, even though he was highly divisive figure in his time. But what were the ideas that made him famous?
What does a political battle waged over a bank in 1791 mean for Americans living in 2016? Quite a lot, it turns out.
Jefferson cited the Tenth Amendment as the “foundation” of the Constitution in opposing the bank. Jefferson said this despite Feldman’s claim that Jefferson wanted the document to sunset anyway. This, of course, would have made his entire argument irrelevant and unintelligible.
