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CHENEY: No. We're going to look for -- the president is looking for people who are strict constructionists, that is who believe in interpreting the Constitution, not in making law from the bench.

CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2001 2001

I always love how people talk about 'constructionists' who somehow 'know' what the Founding Fathers 'intentions were, and how we need to stick to' original 'interpretations of the Constitution.

Sotomayor says she recognizes individual right to bear arms 2009

Nixon promised the American people that he would appoint “strict constructionists” to the Supreme Court, though that phrase was never defined and was code for justices with a conservative political ideology.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

Of course, the Conservatives, being the strict constructionists of our Constitution that they are, should know that our founding fathers tried to separate religion from government – and Freedom of Religion is one of the tenets this Country was founded on, but hey, that must have been a slip of Jefferson's pen!

U.S. appeals ruling striking down National Day of Prayer 2010

Yeah we need more conservative strict constructionists like Roberts and Alito who created a right of Corporate free speech out of thin air that allows unlimited political influence by corporations that even real people don't have.

CNN Poll: Will Obama name a liberal to Supreme Court? 2010

Would that they were such strict constructionists about the more -- to them -- inconvenient amendments in the Bill of Rights such as the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth.

Arm the Senate 2009

In exchange for Southern support, Nixon promised to appoint “strict constructionists” to the federal judiciary, to name a Southerner to the Supreme Court, to oppose court-ordered busing, and to choose a vice presidential candidate acceptable to the South.

Five People Born on January 9 | myFiveBest 2010

It is wrong to imply that all Americans expect strict constructionists.

McConnell: Senate Republicans will treat Kagan fairly 2010

There are no strict constructionists on the Supreme court.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010

Here's an interesting account that brings us up to date: "Today, the debate is still between essentialists and constructionists, but the essentialists have become evolutionary and the constructionists have become social."

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