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Article: Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Training and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning.(Book review)
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- Presidential Studies Quarterly
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- December 1, 2009
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Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Training and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning. By Robert J. Spitzer. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 195 pp.
Constitutional interpretation is a difficult, contentious endeavor. Because the text of the Constitution is not clear, numerous techniques have been formulated and employed to ascertain what phrases such as "due process of law" or "freedom of speech" mean. According to Robert J. Spitzer, law school education and law reviews are the places where this battle is really fought. Saving the Constitution from Lawyers examines how legal training and the law review publishing community produce ...