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“I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever “fixed” at the Philadelphia Convention . . . Nor do I find the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice exhibited by the Framers particularly profound. Indeed, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war, and major social transformations to attain the system of constitutional government and its respect for the freedom and individuals we hold as fundamental today. When contemporary Americans cite “The Constitution,” they invoke a concept that is vastly different from what the Framers barely began to construct 200 years ago.”
