Article by Sanford Levinson
In one of his fireside chats, Franklin Roosevelt said of the Constitution, “‘Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again.”’ Roosevelt's speech belongs to a long tradition of American political rhetoric that equates the Constitution with more conventional objects of worship. Such comparisons help us understand recurrent debates about the most fundamental aspects of the Constitution.
About the Author
Sanford Levinson. Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law; A.B., Duke University, 1962; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1969; J.D., Stanford Law School, 1973. Currently, Professor Levinson is a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, where he is completing a book entitled Constitutional Faith.
Citation
61 Tul. L. Rev. 1071 (1987)