Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights. — Diane Wood Copy Share Image
It is time... to end the long-standing and unproductive methodological debate over 'originalism' versus 'dynamism' or 'evolution' and focus instead on how, as a substantive matter, we should interpret the Constitution in the twenty-first century, and what it has to… — Diane Wood Copy Share Image
Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware… — Diane Wood Copy Share Image
It is time... to end the long-standing and unproductive methodological debate over 'originalism' versus 'dynamism' or 'evolution' and focus instead on how, as a… — Diane Wood Copy Share Image
The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations… — Diane Wood Copy Share Image
There is no more reason to think that they expected the world to remain static than there is to think that any of us… — Diane Wood Copy Share Image
