Critics of Original Intent Would Agree with Which of the Following

question 19

Multiple Choice

Critics of original intent would agree with which of the following statements?

• A) The intentions of the Framers, seen clearly, provide all the personal freedoms necessary in a democracy.
• B) The expansion of rights that has occurred since the mid-1960s is illegitimate.
• C) Strict constructionism is a way to stay close to the Constitution's true meaning.
• D) The Court must be guided by the exact words in the Constitution.
• E) The intentions of the Framers are impossible to determine.

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