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How was the Constitution drafted and ratified, how has it been interpreted over time, and what does it mean today?

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Essays

The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Revolution in Government

by Richard R. Beeman

On Originalism in Constitutional Interpretation

by Steven G. Calabresi

The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights

by Jeffrey Rosen & David Rubenstein

Democratic Constitutionalism

by Robert Post & Reva Siegel

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