constitutional construction
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From 282 U.S. 716 - United States v. Sprague · 1931Most cited · 204 citing opinions
The Constitution was written to be understood by the voters; its words and phrases were used in their normal and ordinary as distinguished from technical meaning; where the intention is clear there is no room for construction and no excuse for interpolation or addition