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terse, succinct document, couched in simple, ordinary
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language, understandable by the average person, without
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a great deal of interpretation. This means that we have
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deliberately decided to ignore the beneficial effect that
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might otherwise be obtained from the use of language
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which has heretofore baer. construed by the courts, so that
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if you notice the language, it is quite different and in
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simple terms, nonlegalistic wherever possible. This is
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the reason.
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Secondly, the Constitution is intended to
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be an instrument defining the structure of government.
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It is not intended to be the repository of all the de-
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tailed provisions for making that government operate.
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Therefore, it will be, you might say, a bare bones
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constitution, or a skeleton or an outline, largely con-
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ferring power and spelling out in very general terms
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limitations on that power.
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Thirdly, the principal departments or branches
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of the Government, the Executive, Legislative, and the
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Judicial, so far as the Constitution is concerned be
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defined in broad outline only. This means that, in all
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