Both Kevin and Brent mention the bill of attainder case. This came up when Randolph used it as an excuse to attack Henry, but both Henry and Jefferson thought that this was not a particularly compelling case of a rights violation. I would be surprised if this was motivating Madison, but possible....
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> On February 19, 2019 at 12:12 PM "Tarter, Brent" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The General Assembly's attempt to pass a bill of attainder against Josiah
> Philips during the Revolutionary War came up in the Virginia Ratification
> Convention in June 1788. More than a few people regarded it as
> unconstitutional. Some of the debates, if memory serves me correctly, gave
> inaccurate accounts of that episode.
>
> Brent Tarter
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> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 11:39 AM John RAGOSTA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Among the things that Madison was referring to was the effort in 1784-85
> > to adopt a General Assessment to support religion. While this was not
> > finally adopted, a resolution was approved in the House of Delegates, and
> > it was only defeated through extraordinary efforts by Madison, religious
> > dissenters, and others. Madison would also likely have listed the
> > incorporation of the Episcopal Church in the same period, but as I have
> > discussed elsewhere, this was more complicated.
> >
> > John Ragosta
> >
> > Historian, Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at
> > Monticello
> > Fellow,Virginia Humanities
> >
> >
> > > On February 19, 2019 at 10:38 AM Leslie Katz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I've discovered that James Madison wrote in 1788 that the VA Declaration
> > > of Rights had been "violated in every instance where it has been opposed
> > > to a popular current." I've tried to find a discussion of the particular
> > > instances that Madison had in mind when he made that statement, but
> > > haven't been successful.
> > >
> > > I'd be grateful for any information as to such a discussion.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > >
> > > Leslie Katz
> > >
> > >
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