B Y L AWRENCE W. R E E D These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is [...]
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Interpreting the U. S. Constitution…What Did the Framers Intend?
With the battle for President Obama’s first nomination of a Supreme Court Justice beginning it seems appropriate to re-post this very important reminder of what the Framers of the U.S. Constitution intended for interpreting the U. S. Constitution. If you really want to understand the debate that will play out over the next number of [...]
Interpreting the U. S. Constitution…What Did the Framers Intend?
Robert G. Natelson Professor of Law, David Mason Scholar The University of Montana School of Law The U. S. Constitution is the cornerstone of freedom in American which binds our government to the philosophical ideals spelled out in The Declaration of Independence as these self-evident truths, “…that all men are created equal, that they are [...]
