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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: When Politics are a Peril

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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The Constitution's Framers Wanted a Constitution No One Would Want

He felt that putting too much weight on purposes and consequences, rather than text, would lead to appointing judges who vote for outcomes. What would be a tat isat, he thought. And the debate would go sort of like this: "I knew george what hee didn't know about tina" Now, who is right in that debate? I suppose, of course, we each think we're right, but i mean, it'll be the historians, long from now, who will say who had the better of that argument.

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