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Sunday, September 15, 2019

How To Read the Constitution And Why

From experience, I know it is hard to write a volume about the Constitution -- there is so much there and you need to summarize and so on. Kim Wehle overall does a good job (she has some conservative bona fides; she was on Ken Starr's team, e.g., but comes off balanced) though there are a bit too many mistakes (e.g., no John Kerry did not get more popular votes). A few times (why not cite the Ninth Amendment? also, why not include the amendments, if you reprint the text of the Constitution?) what was left out was a bit curious.

ETA: The text link on values (and norms) necessary to protect the Constitution came up in the Kavanaugh nomination. Her concern about the people enforcing it did as well. As to a bipartisan effort there, yes, but damn it, one party is not showing a desire to do it.

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