'An impressively sweeping yet accessible interpretation of the Constitution through the lens of originalism, the method that now prevails on the Supreme Court. Wurman powerfully illuminates debates among originalists on how their method applies to crucial questions. He intervenes in those debates with sophistication, wit and scholarly zest.' Nicholas Parrillo, William K. Townsend Professor of Law and Professor of History, Yale University, and author of Against the Profit Motive: The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780 1940 'Comprehensive, clear-headed and packed with essential information, The Constitution of 1789 is terrific one-stop shopping to our nation's founding document and to many of the great issues of the modern era.' Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University, and author, How to Interpret the Constitution 'This is a marvelous simultaneously sophisticated and accessible introduction to the world of structural constitutionalism. It provokes careful thought on virtually every page.' Gary Lawson, University of Florida Levin College of Law, and co-author of 'A Great Power of Attorney': Understanding the Fiduciary Constitution 'Lucid, careful, precise, intelligent, eminently sensible, and a pleasure to read - this exposition of the meaning of the Constitution ratified by the people of the United States in 1788 is unexcelled. Students, legal scholars, historians, and politically alert laymen will find it indispensable.' Paul A. Rahe, Professor of History, Hillsdale College, and author of Republics Ancient and Modern
