Historians are divided on the impact the rebellion had on the ratification debates.

That timetable would also postpone some of the ratification debate beyond the 1998 Congressional midterm elections.

The ratification debate was not plenty of nothin'.

The first volume of his study analyzed the treaty text and the negotiating record, and the second dealt with the ratification debate in the Senate.

In the ratification debates, James Wilson of Pennsylvania provided an answer.

This was an argument presented in the ratification debates.

The Constitution was written by a select group of men, and the ratification debate in each state was only a bit more inclusionary.

In both countries, the rocky ratification debates provoked debate from critics who said their side had made too many concessions.

During the ratification debate, the Hungarian parliament urged that minority rights should be strengthened in community legislation.

However, the anti-Federalists used the lack of recall provision as a weapon in the ratification debates.