Peter, this is Alexander Hamilton. Thanks again for inviting me to visit with you. I have one more thought I would like to share on original intent and the role of the courts. Those of you above ground can find it in From Here to Constitutionality, oops, I mean Federalist Paper #22:
"Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation. The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the land. Their true import, as far as respects individuals, must, like all other laws, be ascertained by judicial determinations."
Well, thanks again. Back to old Trinity Church, I have just been getting buried lately!
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