May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- Constitution, CONSTITUTION - Article V, CONSTITUTION - Uncategorized
- September 12, 2013
Marshall was not part of the “living constitution” project. He sought to interpret the Constitution according to “the intention of its makers.”
READ MOREThere has been a effort in the law schools—and at times in the Supreme Court—to appropriate Marshall as a model for liberal activism.
READ MOREModern accounts of the XYZ affair are bad enough, but they do not begin to capture the insulting nature of the repeated French demands.
READ MOREOne way to appreciate that is to consider the quality of those participants (men and women) whom the states did not send to the federal convention of 1787.
READ MOREJohn Marshall helped secure adoption of the Constitution.
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