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Reading the Constitution why I chose pragmatism, not textualism

An analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.

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Main Author:	Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Constitutional law > United States. Constitutional history > United States.
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Summary:	An analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.
Physical Description:	xxix, 335 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-321) and index.
ISBN:	9781668021538 1668021536
Author Notes:	Stephen Breyer is an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He has written several books including Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View and The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities. (Bowker Author Biography)