October 14, 2008
In the previous posts in this series I described the three types of textual arguments that people can make to interpret the Constitution: plain meaning, canons of construction, and intratextual arguments. These are the various techniques that can be employed to interpret the written words of the Constitution. But it is also possible to [...]
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October 7, 2008
One way of divining the meaning of the Constitution is to treat it as a dictionary or better yet a codex – as if you were faced with deciphering a large block of hieroglyphics with only internal clues to work with.
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