Nonjudicial Interpretation of the Constitution
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution › KA-PU (2000)
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Nonjudicial Interpretation of the Constitution
The requirement in Article VI, section 3, that public officers "support the Constitution" applies to all three branches of government, not merely the judiciary. In compliance with this constitutional mandate, legislators and executive officials have made major contributions over the years in interpreting and shaping the Constitution. Because jucidial doctrines often exclude the courts from deciding certain questions, the meaning of the Constitution may depend exclusively on determinations reached by the legislative and executive branches.In the early decades of the American republic, before the Supreme Court began to establish PRECEDENTS for constitut...See the full content of this document
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