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A Dialogue on Originalism Occasioned by Bennett's Electoral College Reform Ain't Easy

Lawrence B. Solum

Robert W. Bennett

Publisher

Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy

Date

2006

Citation

Robert W. Bennett & Lawrence B. Solum, A Dialogue on Originalism Occasioned by Bennett’s Electoral College Reform Ain’t Easy, 101 Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, 31 (2006).

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Lawrence B. Solum

Public Policy and Regulation

Constitutional Law

Intellectual Property

Center for Law & Philosophy

National Security Law Center

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