McGinnis, John O.,  1957- <br/><br/>
Originalism and the good constitution /John O. McGinnis, Michael B. Rappaport. 

 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Harvard University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (298 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Originalism : Its Discontents and the Supermajoritarian Solution --  The Nature of the Argument --  The Supermajoritarian Theory of Constitutionalism --  The Compliance of the US Constitution with Desirable Supermajority Rules --  The Continuing Desirability of an Old Supermajoritarian Constitution --  Supermajoritarian Failure, Including the Exclusion of African Americans and Women --  Original Methods Originalism --  Original Methods versus Constitutional Construction --  Precedent, Originalism, and the Constitution --  The Normative Theory of Precedent --  Imagining an Originalist Future. 
<br/><br/> John McGinnis and Michael Rappaport argue that the text of the Constitution and its Amendments should be adhered to by the Supreme Court because it was enacted by supermajorities. A text approved by supermajorities has special value in a democracy because it has unusually wide support and tends to maximize the welfare of the greatest number. 
<br/><br/>
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674726260 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Constitutional law--United States.<br/>Constitutional law--Philosophy.<br/>Origin (Philosophy)<br/>Judicial review--United States.<br/>Constitutional law--Philosophy.<br/>Constitutional law--United States.<br/>Judicial review--United States.<br/>Law, other.<br/>Law.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF4552  / .O754 2013