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Seeking input on the most under-appreciated part of the US Constitution

By Douglas A. Berman

The BLT's Morning Wrapnotes that today is "Constitution Day."  Here's its celebratory note: On this day in 1787, the Constitution was signed, and the anniversary is being marked by the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the Constitution Project, and the Cato Institute, all in D.C., in addition to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and, we are sure, many other venues as well. In addition to encouraging everyone to take the time to read the full US Constitution today, I thought it might be fun to celebrate today by asking readers to note in the comments what part or provision of the Constitution seems under-appreciated. For fans of personal liberty and limited government like me, it is perhaps a bit too easy point to the Ninth Amendment as the most jurisprudentially under-appreciated provision of the Constitution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).