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Question 110 pts

Spooner explicitly says that the Constitution has no authority.

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Question 210 pts

Schultz cites the writings of the Framers in his article. He does this to support his interpretation of the Constitution and thus his conclusion. This means his citations to those writings are evidence in his argument.

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Question 310 pts

A Textualist says that the meaning of a text is set by the intentions of the author(s)s.

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Question 410 pts

If a smart reader thinks a text should be read a certain way, an Originalist must think that reading is correct.

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Question 510 pts

If there are statements about the world in the Constitution, then there are propositions in the Constitution.

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Question 610 pts

If Schultz's argument is valid and his premises are true, his argument is sound.

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Question 710 pts

A textualist is most likely to say that if the Constitution does not say something, it does not mean that thing.

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Question 810 pts

An Originalist is most likely to hold that if a certain word is not in the Constitution, the Constitution says nothing about that word.

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Question 910 pts

Spooner argues that the Constitution has been useful and it thus has authority over the citizens.

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Question 1010 pts

The following is a correct application of modus tollens.

1. If the Founders wanted to bind their posterity, they violated the rights of their posterity.

2. The Founders did not violate the rights of their posterity.

3. Thus, the Founders did not want to bind their posterity.

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Answer 1

Q 110

• The answer is True.According to Spooner,the Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation,unless as a contract between man and man. Its a "no treason" contract wherein he argues that the U.S constitution cannot have a binding effect on anyone, be the signers of the document, those living at the time of its signing or those who have since lived. The only kind of document that has had binding effect is a contract between two people.

Q210

• The answer is true. According to Schultz, law does matter, in public administration and policy. Understanding the law is important for the public administrators as its important to be competent in their duties.

Q310

• The answer is False.Textualism refers to a set of practical techniques used by jurists to determine the application.The speaker's meaning or author's meaning, of a given text is the meaning that the speaker intended the audience to take from what he or she said.

Q410

• True. If the text is read and interpreted as fixed as of the time it was enacted that is originalism,and non-originalism, in which the meaning of the Constitution is viewed as evolving with changes in society and culture.

Q510

• False. A constitution has amendments.It refers to the modification of the constitution of a nation or state, but the amendments change its effect.

Q610

• True,All valid arguments have all true premises and true conclusions and so the argument is sound.

Q710

• True.Textualism is a method of interpretation whereby the plain text of a statute is used to determine the meaning of the legislation.A textualist adhere to the objective meaning of the legal text.

Q810

• False.Originalists believe that the constitutional text ought to be given the original public meaning that it would have had at the time that it became law.

Q910

• False.The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation.

Q1010

• True. Modus tollens argument requires that the argument has two premises,The first premise is a conditional or "if-then" statement, for example that if A then B,The second premise is that it is not the case that B,From these two premises, it can be logically concluded that it is not the case that A.