Opinion
The role of NC in the US Constitution’s story
The first NC convention to vote on the Constitution was held in Hillsborough, in July and August of 1788. The delegates voted 184–84 to neither ratify nor reject, but wait.
Everything the Anti-Federalists worried about in 1789 has come to pass.
RALEIGH -- How might our modern-day, national politicians fare debating our Founding Fathers? To be honest, I cannot imagine many contemporary political figures — Republican or Democrat — matching wits with most Federalists or Anti-Federalists.