Traditionalism holds that enduring practices are the presumptive determinants of constitutional meaning and law. This Essay examines two questions: Why has traditionalism had special salience in interpreting the Establishment Clause? And is traditionalism more disposition or mood than constitutional theory, more a matter of the heart than of the head?

 

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建立传统

传统主义认为，持久的实践是宪法意义和法律的推定决定因素。本文探讨了两个问题：为什么传统主义在解释政教分离条款时具有特殊的重要性？传统主义是否比宪政理论更多地是一种性格或情绪，更多的是内心的问题而不是头脑的问题？