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Global Warming and the Constitution: How to Tell Whether a ‘Consensus’ Is True

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Global Warming and the Constitution: How to Tell Whether a ‘Consensus’ Is True
The 1856 painting "Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787, signing of U.S. Constitution" by Junius Brutus Stearns. TeachingAmericanHistory.org via Wikimedia Commons
Rob Natelson
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The word “consensus” comes from a Latin root that means “feeling together.” Fundamentally, consensus is about feeling rather than thinking.
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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