Oligarchies, Monopolies, and the Constitution
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Constitutional Interpretation in Politics
Most of the constitutional interpretations that we're describing are not done in courts. They are constitutionalere as in politics. And that emerges and actually justifies the creation of the initial american system of political parties, which ah, you know, adam was referring earlier to the sort of leeriness of faction. Many in the founding generation, not just madison, thought could be a real problem to undermine a republic. But i think it's worth recovering.
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