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The Skeptic

Asks what the documents do NOT say, and where the text is silent, ambiguous, or merely aspirational. The founding documents are as revealing in their gaps as in their guarantees, and knowing the difference is its own kind of literacy.

A way of reading, not a verdict · the founding documents' own words

Try these, in this frame of mind

• does the Constitution mention a right to privacy
• does the Constitution say separation of church and state
• where does the original Constitution say the vote is a right
• does the Declaration of Independence have the force of law

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