Introduction: do we want a living constitution? -- Originalism and its sins -- The common law -- Freedom of speech and the living constitution -- Brown v. Board of Education and innovation in the living constitution (with a note on Roe v. Wade) -- The role of the written constitution: common ground and Jefferson's problem -- Constitutional amendments and the living constitution.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "living" Constitution effectively "rendered the Constitution useless." He wanted a "dead Constitution," he joked, arguing it must be interpreted as the framers originally understood it. In The Living Constitution, leading constitutional scholar David Strauss forcefully argues against the claims of Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and other "originalists," explaining in clear, jargon-free English how the Constitution can sensibly evolve, without falling into the anythi.
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Common law-- United States-- Methodology.
Constitutional history-- United States.
Constitutional law-- United States.
Law-- United States-- Interpretation and construction.