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The Left Is Wrong: The Constitution Never Discriminated Against Women

The Left Is Wrong: The Constitution Never Discriminated Against Women
A copy of the U.S. Constitution during a House hearing on Dec. 17, 2019. Andrew Harnik/Pool/Getty Images
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One way some writers try to discredit the U.S. Constitution is to assert that the document’s original meaning discriminated against women.

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” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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