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The Constitution Tribe And Dorf Pros And Cons

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The constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 and was ratified the same year. It was born out of a failing system of loose governments and became the longest lasting constitution in the world. A legal document written so loosely, it’s meaning is often debated. In How Not to Read the Constitution, Tribe and Dorf, talk about how to interpret the text in a changing world. For example, the constitution illegalizes “cruel and unusual punishment”, but what is considered cruel and unusual? Like many rights presented in the constitution none provide examples or strict rules for each right. As Justice William Rehnquist said it, the framers were purposely vague in their language to give the appointed interpreters the leeway

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