Storm Over the Constitution

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Written by one of America's foremost political and legal theorists, this book examines the arguments of some of the leading proponents of the doctrine of "original intent". According to legal scholars such as Judge Robert Bork, Lino Gralia, Charles Cooper, and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a jurisprudence of original intent requires that judges bring no theory to the interpretation of the Constitution. In this new book, the author illustrates how judges under the influence of this theory particularly neglect the Declaration of Independence as a guide.

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Storm Over the Constitution lays out an intellectual banquet. It is an important achievement. * National Review *

Author Bio

Harry V. Jaffa is Professor of Political Philosophy Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College.