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6. How Can We Tell What the Constitution Means?


 
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1. Title Title of document 6. How Can We Tell What the Constitution Means? - The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Sara C. Benesh; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee;
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) History; Politics
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) US Constitution; US history; US politics; president; second amendment; congress; senator; political science; US political system; US government; states; justice; Electoral College; First Amendment; Fourth Amendment
 
5. Subject Subject classification US History; US Politics
 
6. Description Abstract Interpreting even our very short constitution is not a simple task. This chapter highlights the problem and explains various strategies for interpreting the constitution (including plain meaning, originalism, and pragmatism), concluding that what the constitution means depends very much on the preferences and choices of those who interpret it.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 11-Apr-2023
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/43566
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.43566
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes
 
16. Language English=en en
 
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19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd