Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2019
The Constitution of the United States is Americans’ most important civic document. It is a source of national identity, substituting for the religious, linguistic, cultural, or ethnic bonds that hold together many other countries. It is the pinnacle of our legal system, and from its perch it decides many of the most important issues of today, not to mention those in the past.2 The Constitution is our nation’s legal and – to only a slightly lesser degree – cultural “trump card” on these important issues. And yet, Americans disagree about its meaning and how to arrive at its meaning.
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