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The Constitution belongs to???We the People,??? not nine justices
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (180+ words) Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan are law professors at Harvard. This essay is adapted from their book “Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People” and their contribution to the essay collection “America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law…...