03276cam a2200469 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007801500190009501600180011402000270013202000300015902000270018903500130021603500220022904000590025104100080031004200140031804300120033205000240034408200130036810000300038124500590041126400640047030000280053433600260056233700280058833800270061650400510064350502340069452013680092861000750229661000350237165000390240665000430244565000570248865000490254565000430259477601690263722923570BJBSDDR20250709121459.0ta230109s2023    nju    e b    001 0 eng d  a  2023900432  aGBC3A97482bnb7 a0210883832Uk  a0691252041 (hardcover)  a9780691252049 (hardcover)  z9780691252056q(ebook)  a22923570  a(OCoLC)1355624164  aYDXbengerdacYDXdUKMGBdTOHdOCLCOdOCLCLdUCOdDLC  aeng  alccopycat  an-us---14aKF 4550bS958h 202300a342.73021 aSunstein, Cass R.,d1954-10aHow to interpret the Constitution /cCass R. Sunstein. 1aPrinceton, New Jersey :bPrinceton University Press,c2023.  avii, 195 pages ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction -- Theories of interpretation -- The inevitability of choice -- The oath of office -- How to choose -- Traditions : "athwart history, yelling stop" -- Where to stand -- Index -- The Constitution of the United States.  a"The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting other fundamental questions today--about voting rights, affirmative action, gun laws, and much more. Once-arcane theories of constitutional interpretation are profoundly affecting the lives of all Americans. In this brief and urgent book, Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein provides a lively introduction to competing approaches to interpreting the Constitution--and argues that the only way to choose one is to ask whether it would change American life for the better or worse. If a method of interpretation would eliminate the right of privacy, allow racial segregation, or obliterate free speech, it would be unacceptable for that reason. But some Supreme Court justices are committed to 'originalism,' arguing that the meaning of the Constitution is settled by how it was publicly understood when it was ratified. Originalists insist that their approach is dictated by the Constitution. That, Sunstein argues, is a big mistake. The Constitution doesn't contain instructions for its own interpretation. Any approach to constitutional interpretation needs to be defended in terms of its broad effects--what it does to our rights and our institutions. It must respect those rights and institutions--and safeguard the conditions for democracy itself"--cProvided by publisher.10aUnited States.bSupreme Court.1https://isni.org/isni/000000012176610X14aEstados Unidos.bCorte Suprema 0aConstitutional lawzUnited States. 4aDerecho constitucionalzEstados Unidos 0aLawzUnited StatesxInterpretation and construction. 4aInterpretación del derechozEstados Unidos 6aDroitzÉtats-UnisxInterprétation.08iOnline version:aSunstein, Cass R.tHow to interpret the Constitution.dPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2023]z9780691252056w(OCoLC)1393967886