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Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights.

~Diane Wood

Topics: Any Bill Bill Of Rights Careless Chose Constitution Document Framers James Lecture Madison Named Neither Nor Oblivious Other Otherwise Rights Unaware Were Whom Words

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There is no more reason to think that they expected the world to remain static than there is to think that any of us holds a crystal ball. The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

~Diane Wood

Topics: Able Adapt Any Ball Build Could Create Crystal Crystal Ball Document Enough Expected Flexibility Foundational Generations Holds Later More Needs Only Own Reason Remain Stand Static Test Than Think Time Us Uses Way World Would

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It is time... to end the long-standing and unproductive methodological debate over 'originalism' versus 'dynamism' or 'evolution' and focus instead on how, as a substantive matter, we should interpret the Constitution in the twenty-first century, and what it has to say on questions unimaginable to our eighteenth-century Framers.

~Diane Wood

Topics: Century Constitution Debate Dynamism End Evolution Focus Framers How Instead Interpret Long-Standing Matter Our Over Questions Say Should Substantive Time Unimaginable Unproductive Versus

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The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

~Diane Wood

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: July 4th, 1950

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