Legislators get to work during the veto session at the Missouri Capitol on Sept. 11, 2013. Photo by Elizabeth Crisp, [email protected] Do you remember the history lesson about The Great ...

The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement reached by members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It provided that all enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of a person for taxation ...

In this week’s episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay and Luke discuss opposition against the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention. Speaking for the anti-nationalists, Robert Patterson of ...

The scene. Origins of the Convention -- The delegates and the State House. Washington and Madison -- In Convention. Randolph introduces the Virginia plan -- Federal versus national. The "two supremes.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Legislators get to work during the veto session at the Missouri Capitol on Sept. 11, 2013. Photo by Elizabeth Crisp, ...