How to Interpret The Constitution - Cass R. Sunstein
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From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.S. Constitution is interpreted, The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting other fundamental questions todayabout voting rights, affirmative action, gun laws, and much more. Once-arcane theories of constitutional interpretation are profoundly affecting the lives of all Americans. In this brief and urgent book, Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein provides a lively introduction to competing approaches to interpreting the Constitutionand argues that the only way to choose one is to ask whether it would change American life for the better or worse. If a method of interpretation would eliminate the right of privacy, allow racial segregation, or obliterate free speech, it would be unacceptable for that reason., But some Supreme Court justices are committed to originalism, arguing that the meaning of the Constitution is settled by how it was p
