This is called "strict constructionism".
It means that the federal government should apply only what is written in the Constitution and in the way that it is written. There would be no searching for hidden meanings or anything similar.
Gary v. State of Oklahoma
Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma.
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Lincoln: <em>Temporarily excluded high-level Confederate officials from receiving amnesty.</em>
Johnson: <em>Forbade rich southern plantation owners from receiving amnesty.</em>
Both: <em>Banned former Confederate officials from holding government posts.</em>
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Explanation:
When the Constitution was being written, the men writing the document realized it might have to be altered in the future. Since the document was written in a general format, the delegates realized that as time changed, it might be necessary to change the Constitution. However, the delegates believed that it should be more difficult to change the Constitution than to change a law. Thus, they required two-thirds of both houses of Congress and three-fourths of the state governments to agree to change it.
The ideas for making specific changes came from many places. One of the places where people looked for change was in the English
