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“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” — James Wilson, Of the Study of Law in the United States, 1790 “[T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Full Article at Grizzly Groundswell

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  1. President Barack Obama, second left, walks with his brother-in-law Konrad Ng, left, carrying his daughter Savita Ng in a harness, as they complete a visit to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, with first lady Michelle Obama, second right, and daughters Malia, rig...
  2. WASHINGTON - MARCH 31: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is seen behind cherry trees in full bloom along Tidal Basin March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  3. US President George W. Bush congratulates a newly sworn-in US citizen during an Independence Day celebration and naturalization ceremony on the West Lawn of Monticello, the estate of former US president Thomas Jefferson, on July 4, 2008 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  4. WASHINGTON - MAY 06: (R-L) Philippe Sands, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, Marjorie Cohn, law professor of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, David Luban, law professor of Georgetown University Law Center, and David Riv...
  5. US President George W. Bush (2nd L) sits alongside First Lady Laura Bush as they listen to an academic lecture during an event in honor of former US President Thomas Jefferson's 265th birthday in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2008.
  6. 'I Voted' stickers sit ready on a table at the Thomas Jefferson Center, a polling place in Arlington, Virginia, on February 12, 2008. Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC, hold their primaries today.
  7. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - DECEMBER 16: U.S. Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) campaigns at the Thomas Jefferson High School on December 16, 2007 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Clinton is campaigning in Iowa ahead of the January 3 Caucus.
  8. Protestors hold signs behind Richard Fuld, Chairman and Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings, as he takes his seat to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6,...
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Cuban political prisoners listen to testimony from witnesses during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Cast of Characters

  1. Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson
  2. U.S. Congress U.S. Congress
  3. U.S. Democratic Party U.S. Democratic Party
  4. Senate Judiciary Committee Senate Judiciary Committee
  5. Steny Hoyer
  6. Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin