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Chuck Grassley: “If the Constitution, as I believe, should be interpreted according to the meaning it had at the time it was ratified, it…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
If the Constitution, as I believe, should be interpreted according to the meaning it had at the time it was ratified, it follows directly that the use of contemporary foreign or international law is not proper.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley argues against using contemporary foreign law in constitutional interpretation.

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