April 29: The Man Who Saved the Constitution & Designed the U.S. Supreme Court

  Oliver Ellsworth, who played a critical role in drafting both the U.S. Constitution and designing the federal court system and U.S. Supreme Court, was born today in 1745 in Windsor. A gradua…

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Thanks. I'm sure he meant well, but he inadvertently designed a system that extended slavery, eliminated any semblance of democracy from two and a half branches of the government, and is tearing our nation apart today, and in hindsight I hate him.