LEADER 03885nam 2200649 450 001 9910790603803321 005 20230803022226.0 010 $a0-674-72736-3 010 $a0-674-72626-X 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674726260 035 $a(CKB)2550000001140820 035 $a(EBL)3301343 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000941165 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12451176 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941165 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10956178 035 $a(PQKB)11261778 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301343 035 $a(DE-B1597)209629 035 $a(OCoLC)861200180 035 $a(OCoLC)979622399 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674726260 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301343 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10782448 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001140820 100 $a20130225d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOriginalism and the good constitution /$fJohn O. McGinnis, Michael B. Rappaport 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-72507-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOriginalism : Its Discontents and the Supermajoritarian Solution -- The Nature of the Argument -- The Supermajoritarian Theory of Constitutionalism -- The Compliance of the US Constitution with Desirable Supermajority Rules -- The Continuing Desirability of an Old Supermajoritarian Constitution -- Supermajoritarian Failure, Including the Exclusion of African Americans and Women -- Original Methods Originalism -- Original Methods versus Constitutional Construction -- Precedent, Originalism, and the Constitution -- The Normative Theory of Precedent -- Imagining an Originalist Future. 330 $aOriginalism holds that the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted according to its meaning at the time it was enacted. In their innovative defense of originalism, John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport maintain that the text of the Constitution should be adhered to by the Supreme Court because it was enacted by supermajorities--both its original enactment under Article VII and subsequent Amendments under Article V. A text approved by supermajorities has special value in a democracy because it has unusually wide support and thus tends to maximize the welfare of the greatest number. The authors recognize and respond to many possible objections. Does originalism perpetuate the dead hand of the past? How can originalism be justified, given the exclusion of African Americans and women from the Constitution and many of its subsequent Amendments? What is originalism's place in interpretation, after two hundred years of non-originalist precedent? A fascinating counterfactual they pose is this: had the Supreme Court not interpreted the Constitution so freely, perhaps the nation would have resorted to the Article V amendment process more often and with greater effect. Their book will be an important contribution to the literature on originalism, now the most prominent theory of constitutional interpretation. 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aConstitutional law$xPhilosophy 606 $aOrigin (Philosophy) 606 $aJudicial review$zUnited States 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aConstitutional law$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aOrigin (Philosophy) 615 0$aJudicial review 676 $a342.73/0011 700 $aMcGinnis$b John O.$f1957-$01559506 701 $aRappaport$b Michael B.$f1960-$01580595 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790603803321 996 $aOriginalism and the good constitution$93861590 997 $aUNINA