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New law review article: "The Framers? Intent: John Adams, His Era, and the Fourth Amendment"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The Framers’ Intent: John Adams, His Era, and the Fourth Amendment by Thomas K. Clancy of the University of Mississippi School of Law, to be published in the Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 86, 2010, on SSRN: Abstract: For many years, I have relied on others to cull the historical records and have cited them to support what I thought was accurate historical reporting. In the past decade or so, there have been some broad claims about the historical record that contradict conventional wisdom. Those views have gained substantial traction. I believe that none of the prior accounts properly report or assess the origins of the Fourth Amendment and the central role John Adams played. That is the purpose of the article, which contains new information and adds a new context to the framing of the Amendment...continue to full post

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