To understand the Constitution of the United States you must not only read the text but the thousands of opinions rendered in the last 130 years by the Supreme Court in its great task of interpreting this wonderful document.
Beck stresses the importance of understanding both the text of the Constitution and its interpretations by the Supreme Court.
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