Briefly summarize St. Thomas Aquinas’ definition of law.

Explanation:

St. Thomas Aquinas defines law as "an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated." By him, it must be an ordinance of reason since if it wasn't reasonable it would only be by the will of the legislator and based on his preference and not for the community that the laws apply to.

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.