Before the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison, the Jeffersonian Republicans were known as strict constructionists. ... They believed in the Elastic Clause, which allowed the Constitution to be up to individual interpretation. ... Therefore, they were strict constructionists because they had a strict interpretation of the Constitution. ... Also, it shows how strict the Republicans were when they declared the Judiciary Act of 1801 unconstitutional. ... Their strict constructionist characterization was completely inaccurate at this point. ...

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This will be shown by examining how the Constitution ensures and upholds American ideas of rights, defines governmental structures, allows for an increase in governmental growth, and permits the Supreme Court to shape and define public policy through Constitutional interpretation. ...

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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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Due to an extremely loose interpretation of "mental health," California also had defact abortion-on-demand. ... In order to avoid abortions, the government put strict restrictions on abortions. When state by state Governments put restrictions on abortions; it conveys messages to other states to make there own rules stricter. ...

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Eventually, the Court concluded that "the people" protected in the Fourth, First, and Second Amendments and to whom the rights and powers are reserved for in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments refer to "a class of persons who are part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country to be considered part of that community" *** Thus, the Supreme Court decided that While lower courts do not agree on a single interpretation of the Second Amendment, in each of the few Second Amendment-related cases conducted, the U.S. ...

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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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From the very beginning in his career, Franklin D. Roosevelt was critical of businessmen even if he himself was trying to get higher in business before his political career started. He said in 1911 that "business must get out of politics" ". The twenties confirmed the belief in him that the governme...

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Thomas Jefferson felt President Jefferson was known for being a die-hard Anti-Federalist in favor of strict interpretation of the Constitution, but he also felt strongly that this purchase was necessary if the United States had any hope of developing into a world power, so he did what to do to make the purchase happen. ...

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