Exploring Madisonian Deliberation and Pragmatism in Constitutional Interpretation

On Thursday March 28 at the NCC, Jeffrey Rosen sat down with Justice Stephen Breyer to discuss his new book, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism. Justice Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s majority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution based on pragmatism.

Resources

• Justice Stephen Breyer, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (2024)

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