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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.
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Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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