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Unpacking Constitutional Law (with Randy Barnett & Josh Blackman)

Free Thoughts

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Do You Think the Soviet Union Constitution Doesn't Protect Liberty?

Pro originalism is a family of theories with two central precepts. One is that the meaning of a text is fixed when it's enacted. The second is normative, which is the constraint principle. It says constitutional actors ought to be constrained by the meaning that is fixed in the text.

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