Commentary
The Constitution’s Framers were familiar with a long line of Anglo-American documentary landmarks, of which the most famous was the Magna Carta and the most recent were state constitutions and the Articles of Confederation.
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Rob Natelson
Author
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.”
