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Akhil Reed Amar

The author of The Constitution Today extols the relevance of a document so essential that he carries three copies

How well do you think the average American understands the Constitution? Not at all, alas. It’s a shame because it was designed to be read. Here’s an analogy: I like baseball, but baseball’s a little boring unless you’re into it. The Constitution is no more forbidding than baseball, but we have to get into it.

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