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A Tribute To Our Living Constitution

By Isaac Saidel-Goley* In honor of Constitution Day, I reflect on what I have learned from countless pages of constitutional law cascading from a brief document that I have had the privilege to spend the past few years of my life studying. I have learned that the Constitution is not, and has never been, perfect. Not even close. It was crafted by flawed framers and has been interpreted by imperfect jurists. It has enshrined slavery; condoned segregation; authorized the involuntary …

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Campaign Finance Reform Defeated (Twice)

By Tom Watts Today, the Senate rejected a constitutional amendment that would have reversed many of the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decisions, most notably Citizens United. Combine this with the defeat of the lone Republican candidate for Senate who supported campaign finance reform and was backed by the Mayday SuperPAC, and the past couple days have not been good for campaign finance reform. This should come as no surprise: as I have recently argued, campaign finance reform is a dead end. …

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