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An important part of CAC’s mission is to fill gaps in the existing scholarship about the Constitution’s text and history. We help fill these gaps by posting and linking to original sources, by keeping a calendar of important dates in constitutional history and by producing reports, books, and commentary.

 

 

The Constitution: Text and History: CAC wants the Constitution’s text and history to be readily accessible. Here we have posted the Constitution’s complete text, and will soon add links to critical Supreme Court opinions, scholarship, and commentary by CAC attorneys and others about critical words in the document. We have also produced a calendar of key but sometimes overlooked dates in constitutional history. Over time, we will build this portion of the website into a significant repository of text and history scholarship and documentation.  


Articles and Commentary: Essays and op-eds by CAC staff members and supporters, showing how the text and history of the Constitution illuminates current political and legal controversies.

 

Books and Reports: CAC publishes reports on constitutional issues, the records of judicial nominees, important judicial ethics issues and more. Read and download CAC and CRC reports here. CAC’s attorneys have authored books examining important constitutional topics including federalism and the Takings Clause. Read a summary and link to the books here.

 

Narrative Series: CAC publishes a Text and History Narrative Series, which distills the best legal and historical scholarship about particular constitutional provisions to inform how modern debates about the Constitution should be resolved.