McCulloch v. Maryland

In Defense of Common Good Originalism

| July 26, 2021
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Contributing Editor Josh Hammer defends against criticism of his Common-Good Originalism essay, arguing that ambiguities in the text’s meaning require us to give precedence to substantive ideals in interpretation.

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