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“Why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?”

Constitutional Myth #4: The Constitution Doesn’t Separate Church and State – Garrett Epps – National – The Atlantic.

The latest in an interesting and academic look at the Constitution and some of the current myths being expressed about the Constitution to serve the ends of the individual expressing them.

This one on the separation of church and state ties into the first one in the series, on constitutional originalism, the notion that it is not the role of the judicial branch to extend the interpretation of the constitution, but solely to take it at its word. Where interpretation is to be done, it should be done through the words of the original drafters, found in the constitution, or if necessary, their other writings.

Mirrored from The Black Horse of the Blog World.