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The Wall Street Journal blamed the weak showing of economic conservatives in recent elections--in France, Britain, and the United States--on those nations' insufficient economic conservatism.
The Articles of Confederation explicitly stated that revision required the consent of every state, but the Philadelphia conventioneers, doubtful they'd achieve unanimity, lowered the threshold to nine of 13 states--on no authority but their own say-so.