The Illustrated Guide to Law

Oh dear.

It is generally accepted that Gouverneur Morris wrote the Committee of Style draft. It is also strongly suspected by many that he slipped in some changes of his own, designed to give the federal government more power than they might … Continue reading →

I had a lot of fun drawing this one. It’s NY Fashion Week, so I couldn’t help it. My wife’s a fashion designer… and I’m quietly proud that I didn’t ask her for any help! (Her: “It shows.”)

This bit always struck me as a rush job. For a month they’d been working with Wilson’s draft from the Committee of Detail. That draft, if you recall, said amendments would be proposed by 2/3 of the state legislatures, and ratified … Continue reading →

Hey all, Nathan here! Before we finish out “what they were thinking” and get to the GOOD stuff — war powers, abortion, gun control, free speech — I want to announce that I’m launching another comic alongside this one! The … Continue reading →

So the guy in pink is the younger Pinckney, of South Carolina. (I’m so clever, I know.) And pipe guy is Oliver Ellsworth. You’ve already met most of the other speakers — Gouverneur Morris in the very dark suit and … Continue reading →

There’s no mention of anyone saying so at the time, but how pointless and silly would it have been if ratification only required the agreement of the same 2/3 of the states that had proposed the amendment? Might as well … Continue reading →

So if you go back and look at earlier pages where Morris makes an appearance here, he looks a lot older, pudgier… and with his wooden leg on the other side. That is because I am a doof who apparently … Continue reading →

Originally, I was just going to have George write simply “Get your whiny ass back here right now.” I loved it. It broke my heart to change it, but I went with this version instead, which is closer … Continue reading →

I tried not to doodle on our nation’s founding document. I really tried.