Background
Schroeder, Christopher Henry was born in 1948 in Springfield, Ohio, United States.
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Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked and its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
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Schroeder, Christopher Henry was born in 1948 in Springfield, Ohio, United States.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1968. Master of Divinity, Yale University, 1971. Juris Doctor, University California, Berkeley, 1974.
Associate McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, 1974—1976. Director energy & environment project Earl Warren Legal Institute, University California Berkeley, Berkeley, 1976—1977. Partner Armour, Schroeder, St. John Wilcox & Goodlin, San Francisco, 1977—1979.
Chief counsel United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, 1992—1993. Deputy assistant attorney general, special counsel, Office Legal Counsel United States Department Justice, 1993—1996, acting assistant attorney general, 1996—1997. Associate professor law Duke University Law School, Durham, North Carolina, 1979-1985, professor law, 1985—1999, professor law & public policy studies, 1999—2010, co-chair Center for the Study of the Congress, 1996—2010, director Program in Public Law, 2000—2010, Charles S. Murphy professor law.
Assistant attorney general Office Legal Policy United States Department Justice, Washington, since 2010. Editor-in-chief California Law Review, 1973-1974, visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1985-1986, special nominations counsel, United States Senate Judiciary Committee, 1991, 1987-1988, impeachment trial counsel for Senator Joe Biden Junior, United States Senate, 1998-1999, consultant O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 2002-2005, of counsel, 2005-2009.
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Married Katherine Tiffany Bartlett, August 13, 1975. Children: Emily, Ted, Lily.