The disagreement over the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States led to the formation of a division between those with a strict construction view and a loose construction view of the Constitution. ... Thomas Jefferson opposed the bill because he believed that it was a misguided, unconstitutional concept that would only lead to a looser interpretation of the constitution. ... " His view was that of a strict constructionist view, meaning he believed that the constitution is to be followed to the letter with no wiggle room. ... " He believed that even broadening the inte...

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Dual federalism also calls for a very strict reading of the Necessary and Proper Clause as well as focusing on the idea that the Constitution is an agreement between the states and the federal government. ... Justice Marshall's interpretation of the Constitution was premised on the notion that the national government was the creation of the people and not the states and that Article VI established federal law as the supreme law of the land (Supremacy Clause). ... His loose interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause and most obviously, the creation of the Supremacy Clause are fu...

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One would establish strict limits on the President's power to take the country into war without specific authorization by Congress, in pursuance of the power to declare war given to the Congress by the Constitution. ...

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What Saul Cornell introduces is the idea that the constitution's real interpretation of the amendment was neither and individual right of self – defense or a collective right of the state but a right for citizens to bear arm for until their legal obligation was met. ... The laws later began to become stricter moving from regulation to prohibition. ... The gun control movement in many debates of how it violated the second amendment by taking away rights that were given to citizens, but have also evolved to be the strict gun control laws we currently have here in America. ...

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Even if we go on the strict constructionist philosophy that it is the duties and powers outlined elsewhere in the document, that still leaves room for quite a bit of interpretation in the latter sections. ...

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