The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant

This is an excellent read. The book is very well referenced and filled with the common legal interpretations of the time as well as discussions between all the parties involved. It gives you a framework for how to read and interpret the constitution the way it was meant to be. Think you can just read it the constitution with modern day language and understand it? I used to think so, but now that I understand the legal maxims used at the time and how legal constructs were formed, there's much more deeper meaning behind how they wrote the document. He also does a excellent job of showing how language has developed and through references to legal works and other document show the real meaning of the words the founders used, and what the intent behind them were.

The constitution was meant to be read and interpreted by the intent of the thousands of people who were involved. This book helps you understand what that intent was