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Legitimacy Trade-offs in Constituent Assemblies: Expertise vs. Representation

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The 1787 U.S. Constitutional Convention included no women, no enslaved people, and no working-class representatives—yet its product is still considered a masterstroke of political expertise, revealing that extreme expertise often comes at the cost of broad representation.

Why this is interesting

We expect constitutions to be both wise and the people's own. But when the drafters are chosen for their wisdom, they rarely look like the people—so which do we sacrifice?