Congressional Record
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1324 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1324 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1444 pages
File Size : 18,5 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Legislation
ISBN :
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
Author : William G. Dauster
Publisher : William G Dauster
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 22,77 MB
Release : 1993-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780160417269
Author : United States
Publisher :
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Cosmetics
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Cosmetics
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Jefferson
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 22,11 MB
Release : 1848
Category : Parliamentary practice
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Judges
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 26,90 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Union catalogs
ISBN :
Author : Goodwin Liu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 15,25 MB
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199752834
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.