Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Among the campaign promises Republicans made to voters this fall was a pledge that every piece of proposed legislation would cite the constitutional provision that authorizes it. Given lawmakers' reliance on the courts to determine the constitutionality of our laws, the new majority's promise could open some fascinating — and useful — debates. Chief among them: Just how should Congress interpret the Constitution?
Recommended Citation
Joel Alicea, An Originalist Congress?, 6 NAT’L AFF. 31 (2011).
