"On every question of construction carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 1823
Monday, April 26, 2010
Quote of the Day
Posted by sharon at 8:25 AM
Labels: American history, Constitution, Legal stuff
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