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The old Federalist was a sharp cookie (he was my blood cousin, after all), but he left the door open to ambiguity, something I wouldn't have done.

Ambiguity? Or interpretation? And if the founders had realized that the Constitution needed to be interpreted in light of the founders intention then isn't the fact that a majority of the court needs to agree on that interpretation a valid safeguard?

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And if the founders had realized that the Constitution needed to be interpreted in light of the founders intention then isn't the fact that a majority of the court needs to agree on that interpretation a valid safeguard?

It may help, but the Court can and does make decisions along purely political/ideological lines rather than what the founders intended.