A Quote by Frank Lautenberg
I believe that justices must recognize that our Constitution is an 18th-century document that needs to be applied in the context of the 21st century.
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We current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans. We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time. For the genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.
The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities and mayors.
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