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How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution
How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution Author:Richard A. Epstein In this provocative book, Richard Epstein shows how Progressives saw in constitutional interpretation an opportunity to advance their political agenda. They transformed a Constitution that reflected the influence of John Lock and James Madison into one that reflected the ideas of the leading intellectuals of their own time. As a result, they rew... more »rote, because they did not understand, key provisions of the constitutional text.« less