when i start to think about this analytically, thereforecategori. two i thought of as being textual. from the federal convention of 1787 with a few materials directly tied to what the framers of the constitution thought they were doing and then of course the debate from the ratification convention and the public debate. so again, intention, understanding, two sets of big documents -- one regional. two sets of sources. then two other different sources which i thought of contextual which should be brought to bear. one of those is the zeitgeist. the framers were heirs to a rich tradition of constitutional thinking. they wanted to know something about how it was in montague. -- guys who were not household names but they are among historians. maybe machiavelli. there is a big body of learning out there and the framers were free educated characters. the book called the zeitgeist, probably not the best but everybody like it. and because i am a native cook county democrat, you would want to know about their political experience. these guys, they are not a b