A Tale of Two Constitutions. Alan Dershowitz and David Barton.
by Dershowitz, Alan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 38Global Issues. Publisher: American Legion Magazine, 2004ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Constitutional law | Evolution | Ideology | Law -- Interpretation and construction | Majorities | Minorities | United States Constitution | U.S. -- Constitution -- Amendments | U.S. -- Constitutional history | United States Supreme Court -- DecisionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "From the earliest days of our constitutional history, debate has raged about how to interpret the open-ended words of our charter of government. Should these words, written years earlier, be constantly reinterpreted to address current problems and current needs? Or should they mean precisely what those who wrote them intended them to mean?" (AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE) This article presents competing viewpoints on constitutional interpretation.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: A Tale of Two Constitutions, Oct. 2004; pp. 16+.
"From the earliest days of our constitutional history, debate has raged about how to interpret the open-ended words of our charter of government. Should these words, written years earlier, be constantly reinterpreted to address current problems and current needs? Or should they mean precisely what those who wrote them intended them to mean?" (AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE) This article presents competing viewpoints on constitutional interpretation.
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