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On the hypotheses that lie at the foundations of originalism.
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Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
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March 22, 2008
- Author:
- Harrison, John
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Constitutional law, as taught in American law schools today, is primarily a course in religious indoctrination. Stories are told about the gods and heroes that in part convey information, but mainly shape the character of the students, teaching them appropriate emotional reactions so that they can be good members of the community.
My constitutional law teacher did not do it that way. He rejected the gods of the city. He brought in new gods. And he corrupted the young. Thirty years later, still corrupt but no longer young, I will do as my constitutional law teacher taught me, and disagree with him.
One of the questions considered by the essays collected in this volume ...