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READ:

In the eBook Taking Sides (2014) you will find the following articles on pages 74-80:

Antonin Scalia, from Remarks at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (March 14, 2005)

Stephen Breyer, from Active Liberty: Interpreting our Democratic Constitution (Knopf, 2005)

The US Supreme Court www.supremecourt.gov/

The Oyez Project: www.oyez.org/

Transcript of the US Constitution: www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

Federalist Papers #24, #75

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_24.html

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_75.html

ANSWER:

Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, in his remarks at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2005 makes the case for following original meaning or a narrow interpretation of the Constitution.

On the other side, from an excerpt his book, Supreme Court Justice Steven Bryer takes the position that trying to determine "original meaning" is difficult at best, and that justices must take into account the probable consequences of different interpretations.

In your response to this week's forum, evaluate the ideas of Scalia and Breyer and determine what you find to be the best course of action for a Supreme Court Justice in interpreting the Constitution.