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Originalism and the Good Constitution.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (309 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674726260
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Originalism and the Good ConstitutionDDC classification:
  • 342.73/0011
LOC classification:
  • KF4552
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Originalism: Its Discontents and the Supermajoritarian Solution -- 2. The Nature of the Argument -- 3. The Supermajoritarian Theory of Constitutionalism -- 4. The Compliance of the US Constitution with Desirable Supermajority Rules -- 5. The Continuing Desirability of an Old Supermajoritarian Constitution -- 6. Supermajoritarian Failure, Including the Exclusion of African Americans and Women -- 7. Original Methods Originalism -- 8. Original Methods Versus Constitutional Construction -- 9. Precedent, Originalism, and the Constitution -- 10. The Normative Theory of Precedent -- 11. Imagining an Originalist Future -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport argue that the text of the Constitution and its Amendments should be adhered to by the Supreme Court because it was enacted by supermajorities. A text approved by supermajorities has special value in a democracy because it has unusually wide support and tends to maximize the welfare of the greatest number.
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Intro -- Contents -- 1. Originalism: Its Discontents and the Supermajoritarian Solution -- 2. The Nature of the Argument -- 3. The Supermajoritarian Theory of Constitutionalism -- 4. The Compliance of the US Constitution with Desirable Supermajority Rules -- 5. The Continuing Desirability of an Old Supermajoritarian Constitution -- 6. Supermajoritarian Failure, Including the Exclusion of African Americans and Women -- 7. Original Methods Originalism -- 8. Original Methods Versus Constitutional Construction -- 9. Precedent, Originalism, and the Constitution -- 10. The Normative Theory of Precedent -- 11. Imagining an Originalist Future -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport argue that the text of the Constitution and its Amendments should be adhered to by the Supreme Court because it was enacted by supermajorities. A text approved by supermajorities has special value in a democracy because it has unusually wide support and tends to maximize the welfare of the greatest number.

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