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Every word is a word of plain speech, the ordinary meaning of which even the man in the street knows.
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He emphasizes that the language of the Constitution is straightforward and accessible to the average person.
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It made the judiciary the final conscience of the nation.
Assuredly, the man of to-day, with the rich heritage of countless ages, can do no less.
To this we owe the elasticity of the instrument.
The consequence is that again and again we are running the risk of perpetrating the most grotesque errors of judgment, of committing the most serious political blunders, in defiance of American public opinion.
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