One columnist wryly noted that the Framers would not have signed a constitution abolishing slavery.
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The Constitution's framers envisioned the judiciary as the "weakest, " "least dangerous" branch of government.
The framers of the U.S. Constitution were rightly wary of the dangers of unfettered democracy.
As you know, the Framers charged the Senate with a singular and momentous responsibility.
Knowing what the framers of the Constitution believed upholds the theme and purpose of my book.
The amendment's framers clearly figured that enforcement would focus on the former Confederate states, Mr. Verrilli said.
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Judgments must be made, and they must be based on the core principles that inform the framers' decisions.
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The framers witnessed the incessant wars of the mother continent and understood official churches and centralized power fomented abuses.
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It is firmly anchored in our political and legal culture and was used by the Framers during the founding.
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But the framers of this proposal seem to have forgotten something called inflation.
During their time, the framers never thought there would be globalization, liberalizartion, Internet.
The framers of the Constitution would understand that a right without a remedy is not a right at all.
The Framers who drafted the Constitution could not have foreseen the challenges that have unfolded over the last 222 years.
Having learned the lessons of such subsidy deals, the framers of the state constitution included what is known as the gift clause.
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The framers of our country designed a federal system of certain responsibilities for the federal government and others reserved to the states.
Among the largest shortages reported by NAHB during a June survey: carpenters and framers, some of the first people hired for new home construction.
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The opinion is an originalist tour de force, with extensive discussion of the practice of anonymous speech as practiced by the framers of the Constitution.
Originalists, whose ranks now include Scalia and Thomas, believe that the Constitution should be interpreted in line with the intentions and beliefs of its framers.
Then again, the Framers of the Constitution didn't expect we would.
It came directly from the words of the framers in 1787.
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The framers of the 1976 Copyright Act took counsel from publishers, the recording industry, broadcasters and others with a vested interest in preserving the status quo.
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For Madison and the Framers, it was a matter of principle that government was meant to protect persons and property not to redistribute income and wealth.
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The requirement for ratification of treaties by two-thirds of the Senate was seen by the framers of the Constitution as an important quality-control device for diplomatic initiatives.
The framers created Congress to be another body, unaccountable to the executive, to be entrusted with the nation's security and with the exclusive power to make war.
The Framers also called upon posterity to carry on their work -- to keep our country moving forward and bring us ever closer to a more perfect Union.
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The framers desired to avoid the controversies which engulfed Europe.
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Tuesday afternoon, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will have an opportunity to demonstrate why the Framers gave the Senate the constitutional power to confirm presidential appointees.
Forcing that political calculation is also as the Framers intended.
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