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<blockquote>We know there is no evidence that the ratifiers imagined they were handing ultimate governance to the courts. We know that a constitutional revolution of that magnitude would have provoked widespread and heated (to put it mildly) discussion but there is no record of any such discussion. The rather sweeping mandate must be judged counterfeit.</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>We know there is no evidence that the ratifiers imagined they were handing ultimate governance to the courts. We know that a constitutional revolution of that magnitude would have provoked widespread and heated (to put it mildly) discussion but there is no record of any such discussion. The rather sweeping mandate must be judged counterfeit.</blockquote>
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Former Attorney General [[Ed Meese]] has also been critical of the doctrine.
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Former Attorney General [[Ed Meese]] has also been critical of the doctrine.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/23/opinion/l-meese-s-thoughts-on-the-bill-of-rights-098517.html Meese's Thoughts on the Bill of Rights], Oct. 23, 1985</ref>
    
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