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BU professor looks to explain odd constitutional clauses

Jay Wexler, professor at Boston University School of Law. Jay Wexler, professor at Boston University School of Law. (kerry burke)
By Ben Jacobs
November 26, 2011
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The Constitution, like any other document considered sacred and revered, has aspects that at least appear deeply peculiar. Such clauses beg for a detailed explanation rooting them in the broader Constitutional framework that governs our society. Unfortunately, “The Odd Clauses’’ does not adequately make those connections. While it does serve to shed some additional light, it only flickers and never clearly illuminates.

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THE ODD CLAUSES:

Understanding the Constitution Through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions

By Jay Wexler

Beacon, 222 pp., $24.95