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A Case Of Treasonous Interpretation, W. T. Brotherton Jr.
A Case Of Treasonous Interpretation, W. T. Brotherton Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
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The Role Of Original Intent In Reading A Two Hundred Year Old Constitution, Darrell V. Mcgraw Jr., Elizabeth L. Crittenden
The Role Of Original Intent In Reading A Two Hundred Year Old Constitution, Darrell V. Mcgraw Jr., Elizabeth L. Crittenden
West Virginia Law Review
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In Celebration Of Constitutional Kindness: Soft Symbolism In A Hard Shell, James Audley Mclaughlin
In Celebration Of Constitutional Kindness: Soft Symbolism In A Hard Shell, James Audley Mclaughlin
West Virginia Law Review
The bicentennial of any constitution is surely an invitation to much sententious rhetoric. But the bicentennial of THE Constitution, The American Constitution of 1787, is an occasion for oratorical pyrotechnics of the first magnitude. So I shall make my brief tribute to note the importance of the Constitution as symbol - symbol of our national resolve to be a good society. Constitutions, in general, have two distinct functions: (1) As the outward sign and symbol of a society's fundamental commitment to social values and (2) perhaps more mundanely, as the framework for a political order. Our Constitution of 1787 (or …