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Languages : en
Pages : 216
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(109-102) SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES, DECEMBER 29, 2006, 109-2 HOUSE REPORT NO. 109-738
Author: Activities of The House Committee on Government Reform, 109-1&2 Sessions..., December 29, 2006, 109-2 House Report 109-739, *
Author: Activities of The Committee on Governmental Affairs, December 22, 2006, 109-2 Senate Report No. 109-368, *
Author: ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, JANUARY 2, 2007, 109-2 HOUSE REPORT NO. 109-750
Author: GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2006, JULY 24, 2006, 109-2 HOUSE REPORT NO. 109-594, PART 1
Author: Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006, June 19, 2006, 109-2 House Report 109-505, Part 2
Author: SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS, JANUARY 2, 2007, 109-2 HOUSE REPORT 109-744
Author: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007, JUNE 1, 2006, 109-2 HOUSE REPORT
Author: Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Anti-Reflagging Act of 1987
Author: United StatesPublisher:
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Category : Fishery policy
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author: Goodwin LiuPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199750661
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
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.
