Broward College

POS 4603

Quiz 3

1)The 2 types of originalism frequently mentioned in constitutional interpretation are:

2. Interpretivism is inherently a conservative means of deciding constitutional questions
3. Which of the following Supreme Court justices would not commonly be described as an interpretivist?
4. "As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."

Which of the following justices would most agree with this statement?

5. Originalists use the notes of several different delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to uncover meaning and resolve errors in any one of the accounts.
6. Which of the following quotations illustrates a "Blackstonian" perspective on constitutional law?