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Discussion 1: The Founding Fathers claimed in the preamble of the Constitution that "We the people", suggesting that the people in America at that time ordained and established the Constitution. Yet, history tells us that "the people" did not participate in the formulation of the document. In fact, women were not included in the document and slaves were worth only 3/5 of "other persons." How do you explain this phenomenon?

Discussion 2: How did the Founding Fathers formulate the Constitution to ensure that the minority would always be in charge and that power would never go from them to the masses? Can you cite specific ways in which this was done? For example, by not allowing the masses to directly elect the president, was it the intention of the Founding Fathers to protect themselves from the "tyranny of the majority?" How so? Why would they do this? Did they have something to fear? What was it?