How the 1964 Civil Rights Act Eviscerated the American Constitution
James Madison would be horrified.
Vince Coyner | July 30, 2026
James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, was the driving force behind transforming what started out as a water navigation dispute between Maryland and Virginia into the Constitutional Convention, which then produced our Constitution. Madison was not only one of the primary influences during the Convention itself but also, writing as Publius (along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay) in the Federalist Papers, he advocated for its ratification.
His Constitution, with its staggered terms, federal system, three branches of government and more, was written specifically to tamp down and limit the power of both mobs and government. He was, by any stretch, a brilliant man, a student of history and a man of extraordinary vision.
All that being said, there was one place where Madison was, rather astonishingly, blind: A Bill of Rights. He thought one was unnecessary because 1) nothing in the Constitution gave government the power to oppress citizens and 2) explicitly stating some rights had the potential to be seen as a limitation on those citizens’ rights that weren’t explicitly stated. For a man so aware of the nature of man, his initial position was curious.
Eventually Madison came around, and history has proven that the Bill of Rights, which has been the cornerstone of American success for most of her history, was indeed necessary.
But it was not sufficient.
It was part of the Old Constitution.
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