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McGinnis and Rappaport on Gienapp: A "Frustrating Book" That "Fails to Take Seriously ... The Constitution itself."

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Jonathan Gienapp published a new book that challenges originalism as inconsistent with how the Framers understood the Constitution .

Peter Bergen : The book highlights persistent difficulties historians face when they venture into constitutional interpretation.

He says the book is unlikely to persuade constitutional originalists.

Bergen says it fails to situate the Constitution in the transformative historical moment of its creation.

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informal

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English

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