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Published: 10.10.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Origional Intent of the Constitution', 1.
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I believe that the arguments set forth by Justice Antonin Scalia are not very persuasive, at all. Justice Scalia believes in adhering to the same "original intent" to which the framers wrote the Constitution. I do not believe that this can be achieved and should not be attempted; because the United States are incredibly different then they were 217 years ago. To take a quote from Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr., "It is arrogant to pretend that from our vantage [point] we can gauge accurately the intent of the framers..." The country has changed, and still is changing. The Const…

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