Introduction -- The founders' interpretive uses of history -- Political legitimacy and constitutional founding -- Interpreting the founders over time -- Interpreting enumerated rights: religious liberty and free speech -- Interpreting enumerated rights: constitutional privacy -- Interpreting equal protection -- Consitutional decadence and educational responsibility.
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David Richards here argues that the legal interpretation of the US constitution depends on an understanding of the liberal humanist principles which guided the Founders.