ratifiers

The framers and the ratifiers were consciously seeking to remedy what they viewed as the defects of the Articles of Confederation and some of their state constitutions, and for many of them this meant retreating from an excess of democracy. see Thomas E. Cronin, Direct Democracy, The Politics of Initiative, Referendum, and Recall, at 129 (Harvard University Press 1989) quoted in the CRS Report, p. 6.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional 2010

The framers specifically said the contrary; the law is to be interpreted according to the intentions of the ratifiers of the law.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Chief Justice Roberts on Attending the SOTU 2010

The ratifiers of the Constitution always understood that freedom of speech did not protect obscenity.

Supreme Court Weighs Ban On Violent Video Games 2010

“Freedom of the press” meant to the ratifiers of the First Amendment roughly “You can write what you like and distribute it to anyone who cares to read it.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » State Attorneys General Argue that Non-Media Speakers Should Get Less First Amendment Protection than Media Speakers 2010

The ratifiers of the Constitution always understood that freedom of speech did not protect obscenity.

Supreme Court Weighs Ban On Violent Video Games 2010

We see it as the ratifiers expected it to act — a necessary obstacle to government over-reach.

Matthew Yglesias » Constitutional Objections to Health Reform 2010

Purpose is determined from the intent of the ratifiers.

American Judges Must Bench Their Rule-Of-Law Sapping Empathy 2011

Purpose is determined from the intent of the ratifiers.

American Judges Must Bench Their Rule-Of-Law Sapping Empathy 2011

We see it as the ratifiers expected it to act — a necessary obstacle to government over-reach.

Matthew Yglesias » Constitutional Objections to Health Reform 2010

The importance of what the words meant at the time is because it helps to reveal what policy considerations were motivating the drafters and/or ratifiers.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010