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The Founders' Hermeneutic: The Real Original Understanding Of Original Intent, Robert G. Natelson
The Founders' Hermeneutic: The Real Original Understanding Of Original Intent, Robert G. Natelson
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This article re-examines the controversial question of whether the American Founders believed their own subjective understandings should guide future interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, or whether they thought the constitutional construction should be guided only by objective public meaning or some other hermeneutic standard.