Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution 'requires that only its great outlines should be marked (and) its important objects designated.' This work argues that to preserve the meaning & authority of the document it must be shaped by evolving precedent, historical experience, practical consequence & societal change.

Goodwin Liu is Professor of Law at University of California, Berkeley.
Pamela Karlan is Professor of Law at Stanford University.
Christopher Schroeder is Professor of Law at Duke University.